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UBRI : Ultra Burner, Re-Imagined.
Midschoolfool:
Finally the chain ring is on the spider. Long story short, I forgot about fecking BCD. It's been 30 years or more since I have used a chain ring. Mind you I won't take all of the blame as the chain ring itself was listed as 110 BCD but the spider wasn't listed as either, just "Old School Spider". Still, I am only out £11 so I CBA sending it back. I will likely hang it on the wall somewhere.
Midschoolfool:
Afternoon all. Rained/winded in ATM, so not much to do. A couple of nights back I fitted the rim tapes, tubes and tyres. I also put some air in (I say some, 35 PSI max on these old things) and then put my dice on.
And there they are. Apologies for the slightly crap picture the light was playing peek-a-boo all morning and that was the best I could do given the circumstances.
I love how beefy they look. And they are not very heavy either, given the rims are all aluminium as are the hubs. Again the purists will cry, but I've always wanted a set of these wheels. I went from rags to riches in 1998 and after riding very basic generic wheel sets for three years I ended up on some Peregrine Super Pro sealed. But I always loved these deep Alex.
I got them from Bankrupt for the frankly insane price of £30. I guess mid school is out ATM but this is a pretty serious wheel set able to take some serious abuse for the money.
Now I am not superstitious but sometimes I believe I get signs. I had a couple of opinions on these from my own and a couple of others (these are going to make that little bike look mean) to "they are going to look stupid". However, when I looked at them I realised that they had cards on them inside the spokes. They are Raleigh made. God knows why, or what for, but there are cards on them detailing who made them (Steve) and where they were laced (UK).
Which is kinda weird if you think about it, given bankrupt sold them as Diamondback wheels. So I took off the Alex stickers, hit them with the isopropyl (as they were filthy) and I think they look like they mean business.
Midschoolfool:
Score. OK, let me talk about the pad set. There is a guy who I think makes them. They are really lovely, but, not 100% spot on. The original pads are glossy. I know, I have seen a NOS set. The guy who makes them does them in a flat sort of finish. Nothing to worry about too much as my bike is far from accurate any way, but they are quite spendy. Again, that doesn't bother me too much but I was sitting around on Facebook today and these were for sale.
As you can see they are old school and they are glossy. They were also pretty cheap, as the guy seems to have a lot of them.
Now I have a few options. Leave them plain (which I actually like) or try and stencil paint them. I have a plotter which cuts vinyl so it's not out of the realms of possibility. Will think more once they arrive but watch this space :)
deeman:
If you have a plotter should be easy to stencil the Raleigh on with plastikote or similar....they should look spot on, good score :daumenhoch:
Midschoolfool:
Thanks man. I have also found some iron on silver stuff that can be fed into my plotter also, so yeah, sure I will come up with something :)
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