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Birmingham Wheels Frame - Reynolds bars
dinglem:
Well after almost giving up on ID-ing the cranks that came on my WHEELS bike I have stumbled across the answer... many thanks to 'dirtskirt' on this forum as he posted up about his own set of cranks which turned out to be the same as mine as pictured above.
They are Hanabishi cranks, dating from the early 80's. Nice looking and very unusual cranks when well finished and as i am assuming they were from the original build i will be retaining them (after a bit of a tidy up). I had already taken them off the bike as i was unable to ID them, so i am really chuffed to have found out what they are. ;D ;D ;D
Mine as they arrived:-
Some tidier examples with the correct decals:-
The next thing I will be after is a black 44T Takagi (130) chain ring if anybody has one floating around??? :daumenhoch:
Apart from that I am still tracking down a few other parts, but the bare bones of the build are coming together nicely :daumenhoch:
dinglem:
I've started gathering some of the parts required for the rebuild now, and some of the original bits and pieces have gone off to be cleaned and polished also. I had been after a 44T Takagi (130) chainring and managed to snaffle one on the Bay last week, so that's another thing ticked off my list.
I have also managed to get hold of a decals set (thanks Del!), and the NOS WHEELS padset mentioned in an earlier posting by 'Spartacus' arrived this morning :daumenhoch: :daumenhoch: :daumenhoch:
I am particularly chuffed to get my hands on that original padset!!! "wantit"
Del has also made me up a set of Hanabishi decals for my cranks so they should be finished off nicely also. I just need to correct crank caps now.... anybody??
bigfatolly:
Cool thread and some great info.
These bikes are very similar to MRD in fact I think they were the inspiration for MRD race bikes.
Can't wait to see this finished you are doing a great job :daumenhoch:
willo73:
I've just about finished mine, chrome was shot so had it removed and the raw finish polished to keep the braze exposed,hoping to take it back to Birmingham next Saturday on wazzas ride, just need a shim for the seatpost (and a chain)lol. Tubes are stamped Reynolds butted which is cool. Awesome decals from Del as always.
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dinglem:
That looks awesome mate - nice 1. "wantit"
I can't wait to see mine finished now!
Will drop you a PM shortly...
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