So I Was At The Tip This Morning........

[MacB]

and what have I done? I parted with the princely some of £3 for this:-


Hercules Balmoral 1 by MacBludgeon, on Flickr


Hercules Balmoral 2 by MacBludgeon, on Flickr

 

[Crackle]

That chainwheel is something isn't it.

Lots of work there.

 

[Baggy]

Lots of work, but well rescued, sir!

 

[potsy]

They saw you coming Mac

You just cleared your garage for a pile of scrap?

 

[MacB]

scrap to some and may, once I've cleaned it up, be scrap to me. But to be honest I'd have paid £3 for a chainring that said HERCULES, just to hang it on my wall...............you either get 'art' or you don't Potsy

Yeah, all right, I don't, but it tickled me and we'll see what emerges.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Oooo I bet Mrs MacB said hurrah when she say you come home with another bike! It is a nice chainring though.

 

[Diggs]

Good luck with it! I'll never forget the look on Mrs D's face when she looked out of the window to see me dragging two "skip bikes" through the back gate one morning. I love my single speed now and the ladies folder came up well too.

 

[PpPete]

What wheel size is it ?

If 26 x 1-1/4" they are a pig to get hold of !

 

[MacB]

I doubt I'll build it up, I want to clean up the chainring as a wall ornament for my home office. The frame, and useable parts like the hub, I'm going to send to a friend who runs one of these freecycle to get people riding charity things. He'd asked me to keep an eye out for Sturmey stuff and sound frames, which this actually seems to be underneath the grime.

 

[PpPete]

Ah, but you have to get that cotter pin out first ! Some come out with the merest tap, some you can beating on the end with a lump hammer for hours !

 

[MacB]

Ah, but you have to get that cotter pin out first ! Some come out with the merest tap, some you can beating on the end with a lump hammer for hours !

Oh I'm wise to that, I've given it a little clean in that area and then left it soaking in oil....I haven't been defeated by a part yet but I did end up hacksawing a quill stem apart once

 

[alecstilleyedye]

What wheel size is it ?

If 26 x 1-1/4" they are a pig to get hold of !

my lbs had tyres for that size, as i found to my relief having got mrs alecetc an old elswick with said wheel size…

 

[pubrunner]

Disappointingly, at our local tip, the employees are prevented from making a few quid by selling old bike frames etc. - no matter what financial incentive is offered to them. They are constantly monitored by CCTV, to ensure that this doesn't happen.

I won't be finding a Hetchins at our local tip.

 

[fossyant]

Disappointingly, at our local tip, the employees are prevented from making a few quid by selling old bike frames etc. - no matter what financial incentive is offered to them. They are constantly monitored by CCTV, to ensure that this doesn't happen.

I won't be finding a Hetchins at our local tip.

+1

 

[uphillstruggler]

+1

and again, the staff at ours said anything like that goes on ebay. bloomin private contractors!