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JoeyB

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Sharky said:
Look at sjs cycles. They have screw on blocks as we used to call them.
http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/regina-synchro-90-6-speed-index-compatible-screw-on-freewheel-prod7095/

Good luck keith
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It's a 6 speed cassette I'm after, at it seems most wheels are cassette compatible...well the ones I was looking at
 
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JoeyB said:
It's a 6 speed cassette I'm after, at it seems most wheels are cassette compatible...well the ones I was looking at
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6 speed is screw on block only I think, I'm not aware of them ever doing 6 speed cassettes, cassettes started with 7 speed.
 
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For replacing the Weinmann brakes, it'll be easiest if you make sure any replacements are nutted as opposed to the modern recessed allen nut fittings. I'm planning getting a set of Tektro R359 dual pivot calipers for a similar upgrade to an old road bike of mine. These are available in either nutted or recessed fittings and a pair can be had on eBay for about £30.

Your rear dropout spacing is probably 126mm. Modern road cassette hubs are 130mm but being a steel frame, it can be cold set to permanently respace it or you can just spring it to the required width whenever you refit the wheel. Details by someone who knew a lot more about it than I ever will are here: http://sheldonbrown.com/frame-spacing.html

If your shifters are friction shifters, you don't need to stick to 6 speed and (I think) a 7 or 8 speed cassette would be fine with the rest of your drivetrain.
 
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Teuchter said:
For replacing the Weinmann brakes, it'll be easiest if you make sure any replacements are nutted as opposed to the modern recessed allen nut fittings. I'm planning getting a set of Tektro R359 dual pivot calipers for a similar upgrade to an old road bike of mine. These are available in either nutted or recessed fittings and a pair can be had on eBay for about £30.

Your rear dropout spacing is probably 126mm. Modern road cassette hubs are 130mm but being a steel frame, it can be cold set to permanently respace it or you can just spring it to the required width whenever you refit the wheel. Details by someone who knew a lot more about it than I ever will are here: http://sheldonbrown.com/frame-spacing.html

If your shifters are friction shifters, you don't need to stick to 6 speed and (I think) a 7 or 8 speed cassette would be fine with the rest of your drivetrain.
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If you look at the piccies it has recessed brakes on it, 105 will fit straight on.
Mind you I'd keep it geared just change the crank fer an ally one
 
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@JoeyB glad to see you getting in and enjoying this , keep it geared . And get the mods to move the thread to classic & vintage

it looks like it will clean up nicely just swap calipers if you must for some modern dual pivots , why change wheels as you can get get up to 8 speed screw on blocks easily enough . if you must go cassette root the frame will spring enough for them to fit no issue at all .
 
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Spent a bit of time on the bike this weekend, have lots going on at the moment so couldn't give it my full attention. I managed to get the wheels off and strip them down and replace the bearings and pack with new grease. They spin a lot smoother now. I also fitted new tubes and tyres. The weather was bad so still haven't been able to get outside and clean it yet, so no pics!

Next steps will probably be swap the pedals over for some SPD flats and do something with the headset / bars to get a little bit more height. I think I'll convert to an ahead headset stem also.
 
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Turns out I don't have the correct tool to remove the freewheel / cassette. I have the Aldi kit, can anyone confirm if this is the case?

I think possibly the tool included in the Aldi kit is for modern cassettes , as I used it to replace my Ultegra cassette on the road bike.
 
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JoeyB said:
Turns out I don't have the correct tool to remove the freewheel / cassette. I have the Aldi kit, can anyone confirm if this is the case?

I think possibly the tool included in the Aldi kit is for modern cassettes , as I used it to replace my Ultegra cassette on the road bike.
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No idea what's in the Aldi toolkit but you'll need something like this: http://www.parktool.com/product/freewheel-remover-fr-1-2

Chances are, a Shimano freewheel tool will fit (count the splines to be sure though). You can get a Cyclo one on eBay for a few quid.
 
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I'm a little confused as to how you get the chainline right if I use a screw on freewheel bmx cog (if I keep my standard wheels for now)...As it screws on rather than just sliding over a free-hub, can you still just use spacers on the rear to get the alignment right or do you sort the chain line elsewhere?
 
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JoeyB said:
I'm a little confused as to how you get the chainline right if I use a screw on freewheel bmx cog (if I keep my standard wheels for now)...As it screws on rather than just sliding over a free-hub, can you still just use spacers on the rear to get the alignment right or do you sort the chain line elsewhere?
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If you use a BMX cog you can't make any chainline adjustments at the rear, so you'll need to get the correct BB axle length. You can also make minor adjustments by using washers with the chainring bolts though realistically this will only get you 3 or 4mm of adjustment.

Edit - Sheldon explains it better than me:smile: http://sheldonbrown.com/chainline.html
 
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