Rivnut
Cruisin' on my Bluebird
I picked up an old Schwinn the other day because it had a new set of tires on it. The tires are 1-3/4" and were mounted on a couple of S-7 rims. There were a couple of broken spokes in each wheel so I got out the spokes I'd used some S-7 rims that I'd re-laced and got started. Got the old ones out and went to put the new ones in and they were too short. I pulled a good spoke from the wheel and measured it; it's about 10-15/16' (280 +/- mm) long.
Two things finally got my attention. 1) The wheel has a four cross lace to it, and 2) the flange on the front hub is about a 1/4" larger in diameter than the other S-7 hubs I have. The hub has a Schwinn script on it and the rims have "SCHWINN TUBULAR S-7" stamped into them. Any ideas as to what I've run across? Unless I can get the surface rust off the rims, I don't think they're worth much so I don't want to invest the $$$ or time re-lacing them. If the rims clean up okay, should I get some 280 mm spokes and re-lace as I found these or do you think I should do a three cross lace and try to use the spokes that I have if they'll work with the large diameter hub? Any opinions are welcome. Anyone have 10 - 12 11" used spokes they'd like to find a home for? I'd just replace the few bad ones.
Thanks,
Ed
Two things finally got my attention. 1) The wheel has a four cross lace to it, and 2) the flange on the front hub is about a 1/4" larger in diameter than the other S-7 hubs I have. The hub has a Schwinn script on it and the rims have "SCHWINN TUBULAR S-7" stamped into them. Any ideas as to what I've run across? Unless I can get the surface rust off the rims, I don't think they're worth much so I don't want to invest the $$$ or time re-lacing them. If the rims clean up okay, should I get some 280 mm spokes and re-lace as I found these or do you think I should do a three cross lace and try to use the spokes that I have if they'll work with the large diameter hub? Any opinions are welcome. Anyone have 10 - 12 11" used spokes they'd like to find a home for? I'd just replace the few bad ones.
Thanks,
Ed