British Spoke convention

Losgaintir · Dec 17, 2015

British Spoke convention, sounds just a bit like the name of a folk group.
Can a forum member please advise when we changed from the 32/40 spoke to 36/36?
Trying to source a couple of Hubs for my 1948 Claud Butler.
Plenty of High Flange 36 hole, or even 32/40, but for fixed wheel!
Very interested to know how and when the changeover occurred
Colin

keithglos · Dec 17, 2015

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Seems likely when Dunlop stopped making rims and tyres for TI/Raleigh.
When I left the cycle retailing in 1967 32/40 was still the standard, but I built many others. There were plenty of gear sided hubs in the 50s /60s. Campagnolo GS QR hubs really started here about 1955, previously BH BW were popular. We used mainly tubular tyres because the 4.5 inch rear width left the 27 x 1 1/4 alloy rims extremely weak, with the gear side spokes nearly vertical.

Keith

Losgaintir · Dec 18, 2015

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Hello keith,
Thanks for the reply
My problem with the wheels may not be as acute, as I have 26" wheels
Looking for wheels or in some cases complete bikes, to try and source difficult to find parts, there seem to be a lot of sixties machines with 36 spoke wheels. They could of course be newer replacements.
Colin

The History Man · Dec 18, 2015

I thought this was going to be a thread about a niche get-together.

jm · Dec 18, 2015

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I'd be happy to attend with my increasing amount of Bradkiss,Sapim and others.Would it be wise to keep them in plane wrappers so as not to draw attention to our secret world.

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