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SaMAlex

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MY wheels are done! -not as nice as winnet93s tho!
« on: July 23, 2007, 09:10 AM »
I have had these hubs for years and years. I got them on a real survivor JMC with all Hutch stuff that I have started to put back together, maybe for someone to race at MK. When I got the bike it had 1 3/8th rims. I got hold of some Araya 7Cs that I thought would be nice. They were very scratched Gold so I gave them a bit of a sand down and chucked them in a dark grey anodising run with some other bits from work (ie, for free). I finally got round to building up the wheels using some spokes that I found in the shed (I took a guess and the length and it worked out well). The front one went great and just needs a little bit of final truing as I haven’t put them in a jig or frame yet. I was just tensioning the rear one when there was a massive “PING”. I thought I had snapped a spoke but the one I was tightening was fine. Then I looked on the opposite side of the wheel and one of the spokes was flapping, cos the hub flange had snapped! Gutted! The hubs are a bit of a mess anyway, and I’m glad I didn’t sell them to anyone for them to snap with them. The wheel seems to spin straight enough so I’m sure It will be fine with just 35 spokes.













Offline Stodgy

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Re: MY wheels are done! -not as nice as winnet93s tho!
« Reply #1 on: July 23, 2007, 09:14 AM »
Nice one Al, shame that hub went...don't let fat Pete ride it and they will be fine!

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Re: MY wheels are done! -not as nice as winnet93s tho!
« Reply #2 on: July 23, 2007, 09:17 AM »
Im not totally sure there is enough thread left on the rear hub to hold a freewheel anymore but they are still better built up than sat kicking about. Good old 80s Hutch stuff! Build quality that only the rich can afford!

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Re: MY wheels are done! -not as nice as winnet93s tho!
« Reply #3 on: July 23, 2007, 09:30 AM »
 :)   good to see them back together  ,get them ridden a wheel aint dead until it stops moving   ;)

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