Classic Bike Guide

Project Norton ES2

'GET THE WHEELS SORTED – THEY take time to build and you can’t put it back together if you ‘int got no wheels’ a friend suggested. But simply going on my brief assessment of the three wheels that came with the project, they should just need a clean up. Oh, how I never learn.

HUBS AWAY

Closer inspection revealed the two rear wheels have good hubs which just need a deep clean and one has the thin tin cover which will straighten up and a good drum; though the rear sprocket has seen its best. But the spokes were corroded – not badly, but enough not to look good and too

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