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<blockquote data-quote="Robert Watson" data-source="post: 149934" data-attributes="member: 38"><p>OK So I finally got off my butt and went and measured a few things. This is all off /1997 which has been in one family, in pieces since 1956 and I truly believe from what I have seen that it is as original as you will find.</p><p></p><p>Here is what I have found.</p><p></p><p>The height magnetoman is looking for above, the magenta arrow, on the 4 spoke flanges from this bike varies between .280 to .285 On a surface plate with a height gauge but eyeballed for level.[ATTACH=full]46507[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Next I laid out the spokes. So this bike has a 19" front and an 18" rear.</p><p></p><p>Front spokes are 9 gauge and appear within reason to be all bent at the same angle. The head dia varies (measured across the width that has to go between the flange and the drum) from .248 to .258 and some would not go in behind but some would</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]46510[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>The spokes in the rear wheel are butted 8/10 and do appear to have different angles. I know, people say they are too light for a rear wheel but they are going back in all cleaned and re-plated. The heads on these are .278 - .285 and don't really want to go in between the flange and the drum.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]46511[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p>That's all today!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Robert Watson, post: 149934, member: 38"] OK So I finally got off my butt and went and measured a few things. This is all off /1997 which has been in one family, in pieces since 1956 and I truly believe from what I have seen that it is as original as you will find. Here is what I have found. The height magnetoman is looking for above, the magenta arrow, on the 4 spoke flanges from this bike varies between .280 to .285 On a surface plate with a height gauge but eyeballed for level.[ATTACH type="full" alt="20220108_125846[1].jpg"]46507[/ATTACH] Next I laid out the spokes. So this bike has a 19" front and an 18" rear. Front spokes are 9 gauge and appear within reason to be all bent at the same angle. The head dia varies (measured across the width that has to go between the flange and the drum) from .248 to .258 and some would not go in behind but some would [ATTACH type="full" alt="20220108_124832[1].jpg"]46510[/ATTACH] The spokes in the rear wheel are butted 8/10 and do appear to have different angles. I know, people say they are too light for a rear wheel but they are going back in all cleaned and re-plated. The heads on these are .278 - .285 and don't really want to go in between the flange and the drum. [ATTACH type="full" alt="20220108_130921[1].jpg"]46511[/ATTACH] That's all today! [/QUOTE]
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