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@Quiet_Mike
Thanks fellas, although the photography goes downhill rather quickly as I can't be arsed to fire up the DSLR and resort to instagram shots ...
Wheels ... still smarting here after selling those Bayliss Wiley hubs for a whopping £53 loss ...
I knew I needed a quality set of hubs and wheels for this bike. I almost hit the jackpot at my local dump of all places, when I saw a tatty pair of rims on old bacon slicer hubs leaning up against the scrap bin.
Tip treasure! by zombikombi1959, on Flickr
The bike gods were smiling on me today! by zombikombi1959, on Flickr
After a fiver had exchanged hands they were in my shaking greasy mitts! A little bent with rusty spokes and hubs, but these were a rare set of Alumlites - perfect for the period of the Jim Guard!
I am ashamed to say I was actually disappointed when I realised they were 27's and not 26's, so no good for this build. Into the 'come in handy' pile they go.
I was also looking for a good set of Dunlop lightweight rims, either stainless or aluminium. After a bit of searching I now have a 32 and 40 hole aluminium pair that I will build up somewhen in the future.
While I was looking for these, an old set of Weinmann wheels kept popping up on my search. The bike snob in me turned my nose up, even though the rear had a 3 speed on it. They were £50 BIN, and after spending so much on that pair of hubs I wasn't going to fork out another £50 on these. Time wasn't on my side though. Eroica was getting closer...
Then the Weinmans popped up again for £29. This was the third time I had spotted them listed, the seller was obviously getting fed up with them. With less than 2 weeks to go I finally stuck my hand in my pocket and snapped them up. I got my Sis and her boyfriend to collect them for me and picked them up on a family visit the weekend before Eroica.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221437901440?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649
http://rover.ebay.com/roverimp/1/710-53481-19255-0/1?ff3=2&pub=5574889051&toolid=10001&campid=5336525415&item=221437901440&mpt=2217769
Things were slipping into place in the last few days before Eroica.