Its a mixed bag! The front fork and front wheel look good. I will have to press the headset into the header tube, which could prove interesting. There seems to be a specialist tool For everything as far as bikes go.
The rear wheel.....now.....deep breath.....the axles are too big! That is due to the fact the frame is from around the time when standards throughout the bike industry were a bit sketchy to say the least. As its a Triumph (Rayleigh) frame it seems that trying to pin down the exact specification is nigh on impossible. As a result I am going to have to do some fettling! Firstly I need to make the drop-outs on the rear of the frame wider to accommodate the new axles. Nice!
I also need to cut down the steerer tube on the fork. My specialist tool of choice for that is the humble hacksaw. This will have to be done after the bearing cups (the fitting that takes the ball bearings in the headset) have been pressed into the frame. This is normally done by using a specialist tool called, surprisingly a headset press. I have done it in the past with a hammer and a piece of wood. I may have to revive that method. So it seems that as per usual with these sort of things there is more work to be done before any progress is to be made.
Ever onwards....
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