Cycle Building and Repairing (1913)
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Peter Henry. Cycle Building and Repairing (1913). 1913. cyclearchive.com, https://cyclearchive.com/books/cycle-building-and-repairing-p-henry-1913/
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Contents
- Lists the tools needed to build a cycle (spanners, a pin and cone spanner, nipple key, screw-hammer, file, screwdriver, hammer and a small vice), then compares the fittings for a roadster, a racing machine and a lady's machine, advising that all the fittings come from one shop.
- Step by step fitting of the bottom bracket, front forks and headlock, cranks and chain wheel, mudguards, freewheel, wheels, brakes, saddle, handlebar grips, pump, bell and toe-clips, and the final lubrication.
- Spoking a 32-spoke front wheel and a 40-spoke back wheel on the tangent principle, with double-butted spokes, setting out and drilling the rims, and tightening the nipples.
- Truing a wheel, replacing broken spokes and cleaning hub and pedal bearings, removing cotters and straightening a bent crank, cleaning and lubricating the chain, adjusting saddles and mudguards, and shortening cables.
- Choosing beaded or wired tyres, inflating to 25 to 30 lb, making rubber solution, testing and replacing the Dunlop valve rubber, patching punctures and bursts, fitting Sampson plugs and rubber bands, and repairing tubular tyres.
- Stripping a frame with potash solution, preparing it with emery cloth, applying air-drying enamels such as Club Black and Chez Lui, fixing maker's transfers with gold size, and enamelling the spokes and rims.
- Compares oil, acetylene, candle and electric lamps, their mounting and wick trimming, carbide use and cleaning, the J. Lucas acetylene lamp, and the Pynalite dynamo lamp sold for 23s. 6d. by the Economic Electric Co.