[CR]replacing spoke on tied/soldered wheel..

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From: "Norris Lockley" <norris.lockley@talktalk.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2006 10:30:23 +0000
Subject: [CR]replacing spoke on tied/soldered wheel..

There really are some fascinating topics on the CR List..and often they hig hlight the different ways in which tasks are dealt with on the opposite sid es of the Atlantic.

A second aspect of the contributions is the myriad of products, generally c lassed under "household". D-I-Y banners that you are able to buy over the c ounter in the States. Over the years the drysaltery, and household chemical industry in the UK has withdrawn hundreds of everyday useful products from sale, presumably on safety grounds, making it fvery difficult at times to carry out even fairly mundane repairs and processes. Spending much time in France I find that one can buy over the counter all manner of products such as acetone, acetone thinners. tereblinth. household petrol, several other general degreasing products..oxalix acid etc, and sodium chlorate and creos ote for the garden...products that are rarissimme in the UK

Any way..to the task of replacing this spoke. From experience. I suppose, I have always found that the solder only ever adheres to the fine wire wrapp ing, not to the spokes themselves..so the problem is not too difficult. I o nly ever tried using heat to un do the joint on a few occasions, and ever s ince I have used the "butchery" method of using a small but course needle f ile and a pair of snipe-nosed pliers. Judiciously handled these two tools s eem to work the trick very quickly, the soldered wire simply being "peeled" back off the joint, once the joint has been severred with the file.

I admit that the task can become more difficult if the wire has been wrappp ed too enthusiastically.

Norris Lockley, Settle UK

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