#bottom bracket

Some people are inclined not to believe it when I tell them that every now & then removing a bicycle’s bottom bracket can seem a bit like doing the bilges of a boat. 

  After a bit of thinking, I came up with the above-pictured solution. I simply turned a piece of aluminum to slip into the bottom brack and act as a center for a circle cutting swing bit. The screw in the lower cable guide acted as a convenient set screw to hold the aluminum center in place while I used the drill. As you can see, it worked like a charm.

via @hoody_tj

THANET SILVERLIGHT Reynolds 531 double butted Seat Tube (ctt): 22.5in (57cm) Frame tubing: Reynolds 531 double butted Frame number: SL1945 Sold originally: 23/1/53 built by Eddie Oliver, nephew of Les Cassell, owner and founder of Thanet Cycles This is one of the very best Thanet Silverlights I have seen. It has a period respray, I should think done in the mid 1950s, when the frame was updated to take a Simplex 543 gear. Its fitted with the very best in equipment from the 1950s: Simplex 543 rear gear Duprat hollow cranks Hobbs Lytalloy pedals Chater-Lea large flange hubs built onto Constrictor Asp rims Brooks B17 Swallow saddle on a Reynolds aluminium seatpost Brooks Hiduminium brakes All the parts are in excellent lightly used condition. The frame is in excellent condition with only a few small marks to the paint and no dents or dings. This is a very rare bicycle in exceptional condition. Its up for sale again as the previous buyer did not come up with the money SOLD