Hello everyone,
I have a feeling this is the wrong forum to be posting in, but I'm just looking for an initial right direction or starting point to be honest.
I've bought a second hand Pashley from (I think) the early 1960's. It's a ladies 3-speed loop frame and it's my intention to do it up for my girlfriend.
I've cleaned up the metal work and put a new sturmey archer shifter and new brooks saddle on, so it's looking quite nice now.
However, this is where it gets a bit trickier.
Because the bike has rod brakes I'm not confident about taking them apart and being able to put them back together. Due to this, when I wanted to true the wheels I ended up taking the whole thing in to my friendly local bike shop and having them take it apart and true them for me (the brakes need to be dismantled to remove the wheels since they contact the rims, not the tyres).
I'd prefer to be in a position where I can semi-regularly true and maintain the wheels and the brakes so I'd like to learn + get the tools to do it myself.
I also would like to get it powder coated at some point as the paint work is shabby-chic at best and, in order to do this, I'll need to get even more adventurous by removing the bottom bracket, seat post, handlebars, etc... This is obviously going to require a lot more know-how and tools, so I'm looking for a starting point: books on vintage bike maintenance; friendly forums for vintage bikes, anything really, that can serve as a starting point so I know: what tools to get, what jobs I should try first, what parts may be hard to find now days, etc.
Any help very very much appreciated.
I have a feeling this is the wrong forum to be posting in, but I'm just looking for an initial right direction or starting point to be honest.
I've bought a second hand Pashley from (I think) the early 1960's. It's a ladies 3-speed loop frame and it's my intention to do it up for my girlfriend.
I've cleaned up the metal work and put a new sturmey archer shifter and new brooks saddle on, so it's looking quite nice now.
However, this is where it gets a bit trickier.
Because the bike has rod brakes I'm not confident about taking them apart and being able to put them back together. Due to this, when I wanted to true the wheels I ended up taking the whole thing in to my friendly local bike shop and having them take it apart and true them for me (the brakes need to be dismantled to remove the wheels since they contact the rims, not the tyres).
I'd prefer to be in a position where I can semi-regularly true and maintain the wheels and the brakes so I'd like to learn + get the tools to do it myself.
I also would like to get it powder coated at some point as the paint work is shabby-chic at best and, in order to do this, I'll need to get even more adventurous by removing the bottom bracket, seat post, handlebars, etc... This is obviously going to require a lot more know-how and tools, so I'm looking for a starting point: books on vintage bike maintenance; friendly forums for vintage bikes, anything really, that can serve as a starting point so I know: what tools to get, what jobs I should try first, what parts may be hard to find now days, etc.
Any help very very much appreciated.
