Showing posts with label coaster brakes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label coaster brakes. Show all posts
4/14/2008
What you say?
No kidding. Coasterbrakes on the cinder track equals some excellent carnage, thanks to my brother for the linkage.
See more good crashes.
2/13/2008
Plowing through wheels
I have built some serious wheels in the last couple months. I am not sure what my favorites of the ones I have built are, but lets start with these puckies:
Those are super wide Alesa 122b 650B rims, single wall no eyelets, 29mm wide on the outside of the rim. According to JP Weigle they are the same extrusion as the Weinmann 2120. I got them off an $10 schwinn mirada at the local thrift shop a few years back. I built them up with a campy gran sport HF front hub and a bendix redband kickback two speed rear. The tires are the fatty rumpkins. They measure out at a massive 43mm on this rim. They are a pleasure to look at. These are part of the winter push to get all the cruisers running by the summer. They will either go on the raleigh sport frame or on one of the three Schwinn Breezes we have in the collection.
They really look great and they are amazingly light, even the rear which has a million pound hub on it. I am pleased as punch! The tires took a bit to get seated right, but patience and 110 psi helped get them there.
As a sneak peak, here is an in process Project X wheelset to ponder:
More on wheels friday.
Those are super wide Alesa 122b 650B rims, single wall no eyelets, 29mm wide on the outside of the rim. According to JP Weigle they are the same extrusion as the Weinmann 2120. I got them off an $10 schwinn mirada at the local thrift shop a few years back. I built them up with a campy gran sport HF front hub and a bendix redband kickback two speed rear. The tires are the fatty rumpkins. They measure out at a massive 43mm on this rim. They are a pleasure to look at. These are part of the winter push to get all the cruisers running by the summer. They will either go on the raleigh sport frame or on one of the three Schwinn Breezes we have in the collection.
They really look great and they are amazingly light, even the rear which has a million pound hub on it. I am pleased as punch! The tires took a bit to get seated right, but patience and 110 psi helped get them there.
As a sneak peak, here is an in process Project X wheelset to ponder:
More on wheels friday.
4/25/2006
Heavy old hub shootout
click for big
Collection of heavy hubs, from right to left:
Bendix redband kickback (triple red band) 3lbs 9oz
Bendex one speed coaster (one redband) 2lb 4oz
Sturmey Archer AW 1970 (no spindle-chain thingy): 2lbs 8oz
Shimano coaster hub (missing circlip) 1lb 13oz
The bendix kickback makes me smile when I heft it. It truly is a mighty hub...
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