Recent content by HighTreason

You are entirely correct, you well need to replace the sprockets to stop this from happening. What happens is the Chain and Sprockets wear out at the same rate, the rivets in the chain are worn down making the links longer, the sprocket teeth wear out to accomodate this, effectively making...

Thanks, I tried all of that, eventually, I gave in and found some stronger drill bits - as the ones I was using were apparently not good enough and would not go into the pin at all (I thought it was going in, but it turned out the cotter was filing the end of the drill bit off - kind of funny I...

Basically I have a cotter pin stuck and want suggestions on how to get it out, you can disregard the majority of everything else in this post, I just want to rant. I recently took my bike into the shop as I thought the bearing were failing in the crank - the crank is the only thing I can't...

Ah, I've never seen a Sunbeam crank close up - probably due to the affore mentioned lack of Sunbeams in this area - but I do have a Raleigh Tourist of about the same age as this bicycle, think it's a little younger, the rear brake rod on that is in the center and uses the double sided device to...

EDIT: @Old Ned; Missed your reply before somehow... That sounds like it would be good, I wish my health would still permit things like that unfortunately I can hardly go more than 5 miles these days without potentially collapsing and even having a stroke which is rather irksome as I used to be...

I've never been able to find many documents about the K hubs beyond how to repair them and a few exploded diagrams - actually, they look quite scary and I hope I never have to completely dismantle one for any reason... well, actually, that would be easy, it would be re-assembling it that would...

I did wonder about it not being a BSA hub, but I have seen quite a few BSA cycles with S.A. hubs, seems to depend on where they came from, in fact, as you travel north some models of BSA become almost unrecognisable compared with what they are supposed to be, how this works I do not know...

Hello, I am Paul, this is my first post here and I hope I will be welcome. I have a feeling that you probably get asked about this a lot, but here goes anyway; At the end of last year I bought myself a new bike, I've always liked vintage bikes but had only owned a Universal Unisport ('60s)...