More cycling related things

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So, today I forked out for a 1945 copy of (the) Cycling (magazine) Book of Maintenance. I was going to get a 1938 reprint, but it was cheaper, even with extortionate postage to get the 1945 original edition. I’m led to believe this includes details of how to service a BSA three speed hub. Look forward to excitement on that front.

I’m wondering if it also has details of how to change the hub on a Westwood rim, because the bearing in the front hub is a bit iffy. Ideally I’d just change the bearing, but I’ve no idea if you can do that on a cycle hub. I’d assume so, but again, no idea what I’m doing here. It’s an interesting experience.

I’ve also ordered a new set of brake shoes, which will hopefully be arriving in a few days time. Impressively, it was cheaper for me to buy the book second hand and pay £5.00 for shipping from Abe Books and to pay £2.00 shipping to get the brake blocks from another online retailer than it was to buy the reprint and the blocks and pay the shipping just the once from the other retailer. Can’t say as I’m overly impressed with their pricing.

Also, whilst at the M-Shed yesterday (we went with my Sister, her Husband and their kids) I saw this:

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Now, looking at the back of my bike there are a large number of small holes in the mudguard:
1930s BSA 3 Speed Stepthrough Cycle

Which, I suspect, once held a similar wire thing, presumably either to stop panniers or skirts from landing up in the spokes. My question to the assembled masses is how in hell to I recreate it? I’ve still got the little metal dobble on the back at the axle to which they would attach, but the wires, where to get them from?

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