Vereniging De Oude Fiets

gerritkan schreef:Je boft dat je aan de andere kant van Nederland woont anders stond ik regelmatig bij je op de stoep om te zien hoe je bezig bent ..

me too!

I wonder if those spokes are swaged hot or cold?

Emma

thanks for sharing, what a beautiful machine! one day...

this is a thankyou post, and a look at some parts that arrived in a big box from Holland.

I had a trial fit tonight, and some will need a little modification, but its starting to look like its going to all work.

Emma is a very happy girl!

pictures to go with the above post

today has been a messing about day. been cleaning up the frame and paintwork, and trying to see whats left of the original paint. (the answer is "not much" lol) sadly Australian weather tends to make bikes rusty. I was looking at the bottom bracket, it has press in cups each side, and some kind of ...

maartenB schreef:if cranks and handlebars on your Gazelle are chrome or nickle, the hub was chrome or nickled originally. Only if you have the all wheather model, hub was black.
I think I read somewhere that Sturmey Srcher chromed all hubs after 1929 or 1930.

amazing as always. looks like chrome it is...

maartenB schreef:Nice job Emma!
Is it grey?
Will you nickle or chrome it again?

I think the original was black. so it will get black enamel eventually

well some progress, this hub now has 36 holes instead of 40..

this might be a good start.

more soon.

BTW MaartenB , your email is bouncing.

Maarten, You are a GEM. wow. thankyou for sharing the drawings. maybe I could make a DXF file or such, so that it is possible to get the pieces laser or plasma cut? the machined parts are easy, maybe a job for tomorrow..

many many thanks.