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TOC Queen City bike/FA Baker made resto

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DonChristie

Riding a '38 Autocycle Deluxe
In Memoriam
I thought i should make a properly placed thread in the projects folder.

This is a Queen City bike made by the F. A. Baker company around 1900 ish. I got this from Craigs about 2 hours from home.

The story was it has hung in a barn in upstate NY for a long time! A couple bought the property and contents about 30 yrs ago. They decided sell the property and move to NC. They brought the bike with them. He hung it in his shop for about 10 yrs until i bought it.

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Another big problem was the mismatched wheels. The rear (which i assume was og) was black, to match the black frame. The front was bear wood and had a different profile and a blown out hub. I have done alot of research and soul searching on how to set up the wheels. I decided to use metal clad hoops (painted black) with the orig fixed rear hub and a pair if RD tires. I found a suitable replacement hub also. Thanks to @jimbo53 for the wheels.



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The next step was to break the rest of the bike down. The seatpost and handlebars came out of the frame nicely. The crank hanger was somewhat challenging to remove. The assembly is a D&J crank hanger. Made around 1895-1905 ish. It is a wedge type 2 piece crank that rides on the inner barrel on single ball bearings. Some heat, knowledge (from more researching via friends and the internet) and a big hammer i got it removed!

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The badge removal was another fun one! Lol. I carefully used a hack saw blade to clean out the slot of the screw. Doused it in Blaster, got the correct size screwdriver in the screw head and gave it a tap with a hammer! They both came free! Unreal! I did a number on the badge removing the ripples in it and cleaning it with Tarn-X and steel wool. Looks alot better!

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I finally procured a front ND hub from our leader @sm2501 and it is has the matching sexy hourglass figure as the rear fixed hub! Thanks Scott! Makes me think the rear is also a ND? Both a little rough looking now but after a bath in Nickel they will be gorgeous!

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Question for you scholars of the Wheel-how would stainless steel spokes look with nickel hubs or should i nickel the spokes?
 
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