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Restoring my Peregrine 48's
laidback:
Well i got one rim and hub completely finished today, and am half way through the second rim. Polished it some more, and applied the decals.
Feast your eyes on these: one with flash on/one with it off, to show off the bling :LolLolLolLol:
I still can't decide whether to go for black nipples or keep them silver. Come on chaps, give me your thoughts, i'm new and clueless :uglystupid2: :)
griff:
They look great!
I think either colour could work (depending on what you're doing with the rest of the bike) but would probably choose silver myself
It's your bike though so go with whatever you think works best :daumenhoch:
GavinDavis:
Amazing job! Im just about ready to polish a set myself too....and if they look half as good ill be happy!
I agree with Griff...silver nips all the way. But again....it depends on your build and how much you want the wheels to pop....after all, youve put many hard hours of work into them so far....id go with your gut :)
laidback:
Thanks for the comments guys, they are FAR from perfect, but you saw what i started with so, can't complain!
They will be going on this:
And here's what made me consider black spoke nipples:
I'm very much 50/50 :crazy2:
laidback:
Finally finished the front rim, decals applied, just need to get some spokes and lace them up :) Time is at a premium these days, so i might take them to my LBS and have them build them up. They are very knowledgeable and said it would't be a problem.
Here they are, waiting to be built (Can't stop looking at them "wantit"):
Glad all that polishing is over with!!
I'm going for stainless spokes and silver nipples, and keeping them 'classic' I think it's the best option, and means i can fit them to anything 8)
A quick question...because i'm an anal twat and like attention to detail :LolLolLolLol:...
What way should the Peregrine lettering face when the rims are laced up?, obviously the front doesnt matter, but should the top of the letters be nearest the freewheel, or the other way round? (i hope you get what i mean :loser:)
Cheeeeers..
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