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just so there is no confusion ,the badge i was calling nasty was the shiny barnacle or sea shanty looking one on the restored orange cycle .... not the badges that Brant had made ,they are a work of art
gday Mr Dreamweaver, in a perfect world everyone would have a untouched original example FM ,but it aint a perfect world .so please continue on your build and dont be distracted ,if you need to use a repro badge go for it ,id say most og badges are in the hand of badge collectors , anyone who...
please do tell exact measurements of rim size sounds like 24 inch rim is 26 inch tires but is it 26 x 2 or whatever width becomes important many tire variations with early rims
gday Mark, good to see ya found thecabe and even better to see ya on a American built cycle ,not that there better just different to our Australian built variety is the spice of life brotha cheers Mikey
thank you for putting this up ,sometimes all it takes is for someone to be there ,hope all gets better real quick for you Nick your a good bloke the world needs you in it mate
there will be a date code on the chainring and if its bsa it will be marked somewhere under bottom bracket in raised letters,it could also be Brampton , the major taylor round adjustable stem is earlier than the bicycle, also we used inch pitch on track bikes right up to the 1960s in Australia...
I just had this same problem,made some alloy jaws for the vice ,clamped her tight in the alloy jaws applied heat and tapped a tooth with a brass punch and it came free soaked it in transmission fluid and acetone 50%-50% for about an hour before ...don't be afraid to use heat
I didn't mean to say its a bitsa ,stuff like the chainwheel may have been changed to keep it in service ,like you said just about every suburb of every town /city in Australia had a cycle builder so putting a maker on it could be tuff ,it has survived real well compared to most antique cycles...
gday Ghosty that cycle is way earlier than teens looks like its got traits from a few makers,bsa looking guard bridge on upper rear frame fork,but the lower tubes got me thinking premier,i reckon its Aust built goood stuff
thanks so the whole shaft pushes out of the case mine is a little later than yours email me ill send ya pics,id rather keep it and put it to use kinda same way as yours
I've picked up a later Evans cycle motor ,I still can't work out to post photos ,what I need help with is how do you remove pully at bottom of motor , I've removed cap on pully and undone the nut on bearing side, undone the nut and washer from other side , is the bearing pushed on , can't seem...
man if I had the dollars at the moment ,id be all over it,Miami,Merkel does it really matter???? not to me ,that company built all the stuff that makes me drool,i built up the Miami star frame that Darcie/Nick had in that thread its orange now and lives in Oz other side of the world
looks like a crackin start on a real nice bike to me, thou im a optimist...i started with a bare miami frame same era as yours not long ago,its starting to look like a bike,and did mention i live in Australia no parts over here.....man if you want that bike bad enough you will find the...
come on Johnny dont give up,whatever you go buy will never be the bike you wanted ......have faith in the bike gods........grab that chain delete this for sale add.........and make a list of what you need someone here will have it or know where it is..........
ill get the wife to scan some manuels in so i can post,probably wont be until after Christmas thou,pretty hard to get her to go near computer when shes on holidays lol
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