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Twin Bar restore project
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then8j
Wore out three sets of tires already!
I took a little more time to work on the wheels........... I took the hubs apart, soaked them down with lacquer thinner,and scrubbed off all the 70 year old grease. Then repacked them with grease and polished them with a buffing wheel till they were as shiny as they could be, I didn't have them re-chromed because I liked the slight patina that shows the age but still shiny. After that I laced the spokes which made them look like real wheels.....
Untitled by then8j, on Flickr
Untitled by then8j, on Flickr
Nick-theCut
I live for the CABE
I'm 4 pages into the best resto novel i've ever read... How will it end? were all on pins and neddles. Great documentation- on a great bike. THANKS
B
broken_spokes
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I will be sending your guy my chrome parts for my elgin twin bar that i just got here a few days ago... I am moving to my new house next month so i may need some information when i start the resto... Hope you do not mind if i email you... thanks John
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then8j
Wore out three sets of tires already!
thanks nick im glad you enjoy this. John you can email me anytime you want, I can help you with the resto project, Ive gained a little knowledge about these bikes.
Here are some more pictures of the tires I chose to put on this bike. I had this set of tires sitting around waiting to be used, usually I am all about the whitewall tires so thats why this set of tires was just sitting around, actually hanging on the rafters in the attic. They are Goodyear allweathers, in good shape. I chose to use these because of the fact that I painted the rims Cream. Whitewall tires on cream rims looks silly to me personally.
I dont think that these tires had ever been cleaned before........ so I used a brass wire brush and strong degreaser, I will put tire armorall on them later. I then mounted them onto the rims very very carefully so that I wouldnt scratch the rims. Let me know if you think I made a good choice of tires.
Does anyone know from which era goodyears made tires like this??? I was thinking late forties but that is a wild guess.
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Here are some more pictures of the tires I chose to put on this bike. I had this set of tires sitting around waiting to be used, usually I am all about the whitewall tires so thats why this set of tires was just sitting around, actually hanging on the rafters in the attic. They are Goodyear allweathers, in good shape. I chose to use these because of the fact that I painted the rims Cream. Whitewall tires on cream rims looks silly to me personally.
I dont think that these tires had ever been cleaned before........ so I used a brass wire brush and strong degreaser, I will put tire armorall on them later. I then mounted them onto the rims very very carefully so that I wouldnt scratch the rims. Let me know if you think I made a good choice of tires.
Does anyone know from which era goodyears made tires like this??? I was thinking late forties but that is a wild guess.
Untitled by then8j, on Flickr
