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She's finally arrived - Changa Build
Chilli Rinse:
Can't wait to see that back wheel :popcorn:
Picklez:
man it's been a busy day, pedals, brakes, hubs, wheels....
(and house work & gardening :()
Just put the 'spanners' down:
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Proper update coming :popcorn:
bobafett:
--- Quote from: Picklez on June 28, 2020, 12:44 AM ---
Proper update coming
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Ready :popcorn:
Picklez:
So, I've had an awesome 4-day long b'day weekend. The pressie I gave myself, lots of BMX time, not riding as I'm not allowed to for now so instead plenty of resto work. Most of it was spent getting parts prepped/ready for the next build :idiot2:, but I did at least carve out some time for the rear wheel of my lovely Changa.
I'm sure most of you remember but for those that don't, I'm building the rear up as a little homage to how Woody ran his rear wheels pre-SST hub days.
Basically, with a pedalPower reworked Suntour coaster, 4-cross race laced pattern with 14g spokes and small washers fitted at the spoke heads to give a little extra surface contact area between spoke head and hub flange, then finally fitted with a reversed (& re-bent) coaster arm so that it mounted to the upper side of the seat post stay.
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So, here's the parts gathered ready for the start of a therapeutic few hours:
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DT Swiss Stainless 14g spokes and M2.5 Stainless washers
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Washers fitted and pedalPower decal applied to hub. (Picked the decal up from that Australian eBay seller, but when it arrived it was too small. So, with Del being offline at present I used a guy from Ebay to use the original as 'artwork' and resize it, a seller who sells decals but also offers a 'custom' service - wasn't cheap, but turn around time was very good)
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Then, after an hour or so, and a few vino's Saturday night was passing by and the wheel was starting to take shape
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Picklez:
Then finally finished :smitten:
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And a close up of the hub, notice the washers, the race lace 4x pattern - proved quite a mission if I'm honest, either that or it was the 6 glasses of vino I consumed whilst building it :crazy2:.
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(The observant amongst us may notice a lack of Coaster arm and cog. The arm's still with the chromer, so will be added in an upcoming update. As for the sprocket, final gearing choice will also be discussed in an upcoming update, and will basically depend on final chain length. I've got something special (to me at least) in mind for the chain, but it will be the length it will be, so once the cranks and chainring etc. are fitted I can gauge whether I can run a 14 & 16t rear cog with the finite chain length I'll have. So for now the wheel will be offered up to the build minus the cog).
Then it was time for the rim tape and tube (Tioga Superlite from our own Damo :daumenhoch:) and tyre (the matching IRC for a few days ;))
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