bikemonkey
I live for the CABE
I (once again) began the drudgery of cleaning the rusty steel rim beds from an old Schwinn with a drill and wire brush wheel. Trying to hold the wheel between my legs and keeping the spinning wire brush in the rim bed is a PITA and gets old very quick. The drill likes to hop out of the rim bed and go for meat and the rust dust is right in your face. It is my least favorite part of a deep clean but all part of the show. At some point yesterday in my contemplation of the task at hand, it occurred to me to clamp the wheel in my Park work stand.
Keep in mind I have been in the bicycle business off and on since the mid 70s in a number of shops as well as the wholesale end, and I have never heard of this simple shop tip. It works great and being able to rotate it across its axis is a bonus. It also made the cleaning of the hub a lot easier rather than having it slide around my work bench while prying out the dust caps, etc.
It only took me a few decades to evolve to this method but I never claimed to be the sharpest tool in the shed...
Keep in mind I have been in the bicycle business off and on since the mid 70s in a number of shops as well as the wholesale end, and I have never heard of this simple shop tip. It works great and being able to rotate it across its axis is a bonus. It also made the cleaning of the hub a lot easier rather than having it slide around my work bench while prying out the dust caps, etc.
It only took me a few decades to evolve to this method but I never claimed to be the sharpest tool in the shed...
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