Spoke painting experiment.

[Dogtrousers]

I dunno - I had an old mark 1 Fiesta that could give any Japanese car a run for its money in the rust stakes

of course Lancia may be able to beat them all in that game!

The bodywork of my dad's Austin 1300 circa 1970 was made entirely of filler by the time he got rid of it.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Sorry to go back to the question
but I was thinking that an urban bike/ebike with disk brakes could benefit from reflective paint all round the rim??

 

[Blue Hills]

Sorry to go back to the question
but I was thinking that an urban bike/ebike with disk brakes could benefit from reflective paint all round the rim??

mm - I ride round london a fair old bit at night - sometimes across dodgy parks - when doing that I often turn all my lights OFF to reduce chances of being waylaid/mugged.

But you may be a prime customer for my about to be perfected red pulsing suppository.

 

[SkipdiverJohn]

Interesting!

Given the spokes were rusty I would have replaced them, to avoid breakages in future.

Doing that though kind of detracts from the benefit of them being free! When I get free stuff, usually off the street or out of a skip, I just take the view that since I haven't paid for it to begin with, any useful life I get out of it is a bonus.
Personally I reckon that only high quality rims are worth the expense and effort of re-spoking and when it comes to secondhand cooking grade components that are already part-worn, you might as well just finish wearing them out without further expenditure. I will salvage axles/cones or hubs out of totally scrap wheels though if they are still useable.