Re: [CR]replacing spoke on tied/sodered wheel

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Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 19:12:17 -0500
To: CR RENDEZVOUS <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
From: "John Betmanis" <johnb@oxford.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]replacing spoke on tied/sodered wheel
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At 09:21 AM 12/21/06 -0600, John Thompson wrote:
>FWIW, a solder wick doesn't need to be copper; steel works just as well.
>Try an old piece of brake cable as a wick -- works fine for me.

Well, possibly a new piece of brake cable, degreased with solvent and soaked with an aggressive flux. Any old inner cable I've has was quite black and oily. :)

John Betmanis
Woodstock, Ontario
Canada