They couldn’t ship kit 1 first because the rims hadn’t come in, so they shipped kit 4, one of the rear wheels.
It was a real slog cleaning up the parts: the rim was quite rusty and the spokes
were covered in black mill scale (due to laser cutting etc). I spent about 5 hours
doing the clean-
Assembly took me about 8 hours in total; each comprised three sections of hub, sixteen spokes, and the rim. I had to loosely assemble the wheel, then tighten it all up, then remove the spokes one at a time to glue them.
The tyres were already fitted. I paid extra for the vulcanised type because they’re more robust.
The rear wheels are 66cm diameter and each weigh 41kg!
KITS 4 & 5 -
1/3-
