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Thanks for the interest : I cannot guarantee to keep my tongue in my cheek all the time though (it is a long stretch) Well I got the leather saddle off OK ( lightly embossed Wright or similar on the sides) . I must have put Neetsfoot oil on it all those years ago as it came out with the...

Interesting info .Thanks for that . One other variation I had though of is more mundane :- varying the width of the wheel , say mixing one and three eighths on the front with one and a quarter on the back . I could have done this and scrapped the front wheel but instread I going down the "make...

Yes I have seem the word Mullet mentioned somwhere before , I have checked it out and it refers to bikes with different wheel sizes. Although I have 2 wheel sizes I have decided to keep it simple and stick to 26 inch which I prefer which it appears is "more standard" nowadays anyway . It is...

Thanks to Velomaniac for the info . Tyre sizes were one hurdle to get over and it was tricky to decide what to get . I will have to wait and see what the post delivers and whether I can make it all fit on the wheels. I should get 1.25 tyres with standard inner 26 inch tubes .And I have...

Thanks for that : it must have been the "excitement" of going back to it all after all this time and the "difficulty level" of extracting it all from the "depths" of the shed ! I am still amazed at how similar these "bike wheels"from different places (Japan and Brum) look after they are "rusted...

Oops I think I must have got my bike wheels mixed up ! I judged them as similar from the tyres but they must have come from different bikes . I will check it again.

I have had an old bike in bits for about 20 years that I got it out of the garden shed today . I think it is a Raleigh Hercules Hustler that I bought second hand circa 1990 after my "best bike" had been stolen . However I never used it much so did not build up any detailed knowlwdge about...