Fit a high 5th whilst it’s in bits
Happy chappy day.
- Thread starter mikeyboy
- Start date
I’ll finish this tomorrow once the casing has cooled
Last job of the day
Job done
2 hours of machine polishing 
Then set Charlie to work.
Spokes laced up loose,
Into the jig for initial tightening
Spokes laced up loose,
Into the jig for initial tightening
Onto wheel jig to check runout is ok,
Then start torquing up the spokes to final setting.
Then start torquing up the spokes to final setting.
One down
5nm iirc
Charlie’s the expert on these,
Charlie’s the expert on these,
And very lovely it is too!2 hours of machine polishing
For a bit of info,
These wheels were in pretty good condition to start with,
As with all x spokes they took a bit of effort to strip.
This is probably the main reason most wheel companies aren’t interested in doing the rebuilding on them.
Demounting tyres,
Bolt cropping spokes,
Removing the spokes and nipples,then prepping the rims for polishing took @2 hours per wheel.
One of the worst wheels I’ve done took 4 hours to remove the spokes and nipples,so a days work just to strip the pair.
Demount tyres,dismantle wheel/spokes,prep for polish/ hubs for blast clean 2hrs per .
Machine polish rim.2hrs
Media blast,then vapour blast hub 1 hr.
Build and true wheel,mount tyre 2hrs.
On top ,spoke set @£100 per
Wheel bearings / valve stems/ tyres.
Kerrrrrrfuckingching
@£1500 inc tyres,bearings,spokes and valve stems
These wheels were in pretty good condition to start with,
As with all x spokes they took a bit of effort to strip.
This is probably the main reason most wheel companies aren’t interested in doing the rebuilding on them.
Demounting tyres,
Bolt cropping spokes,
Removing the spokes and nipples,then prepping the rims for polishing took @2 hours per wheel.
One of the worst wheels I’ve done took 4 hours to remove the spokes and nipples,so a days work just to strip the pair.
Demount tyres,dismantle wheel/spokes,prep for polish/ hubs for blast clean 2hrs per .
Machine polish rim.2hrs
Media blast,then vapour blast hub 1 hr.
Build and true wheel,mount tyre 2hrs.
On top ,spoke set @£100 per
Wheel bearings / valve stems/ tyres.
Kerrrrrrfuckingching
@£1500 inc tyres,bearings,spokes and valve stems
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Obviously you could strip the wheels yourself.
Currently have a customer who managed to crack/ spilt the casting trying to remove one of the nipples from his rear hub.
I think he’s realised how hard to acquire these wheels are.
Currently have a customer who managed to crack/ spilt the casting trying to remove one of the nipples from his rear hub.
I think he’s realised how hard to acquire these wheels are.
Not forgetting the hours of work to build and refine the jig to assemble the wheels.
Sounds like very tiring work...... I'll get my coat.
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The part people don't understand when you ask a premium price for a finished bike.
Looking good
And the front.
Finished the gearbox off as well.
Klann tool or copy ?
just scared myself looking up the £???
just scared myself looking up the £???
I can't believe how quickly you are able to progress this build.
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