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Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
06-16-22, 07:19 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 7,881
Posted By ajh.me

It was aluminum channel stock, split in half on...

It was aluminum channel stock, split in half on the table saw to be angle-aluminum. I wanted something softer than steel to bear against the hub shaft and I had a lot of scrap channel stock around....
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
06-16-22, 12:33 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 7,881
Posted By ajh.me

Some pictures of the bits I used to disassemble...

Some pictures of the bits I used to disassemble the Phil Wood hubs
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikeforums.net-vbulletin/1024x750/img_4190_31634baf3b9439f1368fee8ca4f5eeaaeebd8a90.jpg
modified and...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
06-15-22, 11:17 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 1,537
Posted By ajh.me

Thousands of robust wheels have been built...

Thousands of robust wheels have been built without a tension meter. Yes, you can build a wheel with wildly inconsistent tension that is straight, and I have built a couple of those (which I ripped...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
06-15-22, 11:00 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 1,537
Posted By ajh.me

Well, maybe only ten or eleven.. Only a couple...

Well, maybe only ten or eleven.. Only a couple professionally one summer, the rest for the pleasure of craft. I've had access to a tensionmeter but it never helped me. Maybe my wheels sucked,...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
06-14-22, 07:51 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 1,537
Posted By ajh.me

Jobst Brandt's The Bicycle Wheel gives good...

Jobst Brandt's The Bicycle Wheel gives good justification for the spokes to be absolutely maxed in tension.

I've built perhaps a dozen wheels over the past 50 years and have never used a...
Forum: Touring
06-14-22, 07:37 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 1,645
Posted By ajh.me

I totally agree with starting with what you have....

I totally agree with starting with what you have. It won't be everything, but you don't know what matters yet. Set it up with enough racking for your nights out and see what you think. Or go the...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
06-14-22, 07:21 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 7,881
Posted By ajh.me

and I'm only four more posts before I'm less a...

and I'm only four more posts before I'm less a newbie.
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
06-14-22, 07:20 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 7,881
Posted By ajh.me

Hi VonC, I'm at gmail.com.

Hi VonC,

I'm at gmail.com.
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
06-14-22, 12:38 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 7,881
Posted By ajh.me

Hi VonC, Thanks for the research. Your...

Hi VonC,

Thanks for the research. Your front seems to be the same as mine, at least on the outside. The web pictures show a different axle design. The axle design on mine, and presumably yours...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
06-12-22, 03:41 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 7,881
Posted By ajh.me

Phil Wood front hub (1st? gen) axle dimensions

Hi,
Does anybody have a picture of a front axle? I believe that during the disassembly process I've managed to push the stub axles too deep into the spacer and I'd like an idea of how far out they...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
06-06-22, 11:03 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 7,881
Posted By ajh.me

Phil Wood puller

Hi VonCarlos,


I'm such a newbie I can't see private messages or post pictures. I can send the puller to you if you can get me an address.


The puller consists of a two large steel washers...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
05-30-22, 03:22 PM
Replies: 53
Views: 7,440
Posted By ajh.me

been there, done that, destroyed beautiful hub

I once laced up my 1st gen Dura Ace rear hub with a radial drive side/3x non drive pattern as a fixed gear (don't need no stinking lockring...) and a thousand miles later realized I'd broken the hub...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
05-30-22, 01:41 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 7,881
Posted By ajh.me

(new to the list and not working with the...

(new to the list and not working with the interface well! This may be a duplicate post, sorry)

I just pulled my 1st gen PH rear hub apart for a rebuild. Without access to a press or pullers, I...
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