Thu, 1 Aug 2013

Again the weather has been kind to us cyclists, baring the odd thunder and lightning storm.

I've been mainly building wheels for a customer who participates in cycle speedway. He ordered two sets of wheels, which I have just finish making. See photos below.

Also, in the workshop is an electric bike requiring a new rear wheel to be built around the existing hub. This is challenging due to the weight of the hub and the length of spokes involved. It will be built onto a Downhill specific rim which is nice and wide to spread the load with DT Swiss spokes and nipples, this should lead to a very strong and robust wheel.

One set of speedway wheels

Second set of speedway wheels

Electric bike in need of a rebuilt rear wheel

Also, this week I have upgraded a childrens bike which had useless cable operated disc brakes to a hydraulic disc brake at the front and a shimano cable disc brake at the rear. This has drastically improved the safety and perforamance of the bike and has meant the customer didn't need to buy a new bike.

Front Hydraulic disc brake

Rear Shimano cable disc brake

The finished bike

I've been called out to fit several new innertubes for customers, must be the farmers trimming their hedges, and fixed up three Bmx's with various problems for a customer in Kirkella.

Also, in the pipeline is another Pace frame with a crack in the headtube, which I'm arranging to be fixed for customer next week.