Kingpin Wheels and White Wall Tyres.

On my original 1970's Dawes Kingpin I specified a Sturmey Archer Dyno-Hub on delivery.  I was hoping to use the Dyno-Hub wheel  that came on one of the two bikes I bought on eBay. When I started to clean up the wheels it became clear that the rims on the DH wheel were not going to clean up very well. I abandoned the idea of using the Dyno-Hub and cleaned up the two best wheels out of the three pairs that I had to choose from.

As you can see they were in a bit of a state but I did manage to get nearly all the rust off with GT85, wire brush, wire wool, Autosol polish and a lot of work. It was so much work I did consider buying modern wheels. In the end I persevered and I am pleased with the results.

Once cleaned I took the wheel to my LBS had them trued, and one spoke replaced. The tyres were perished and cracked, the inner tubes seemed to retain the air but I bought new tyres, tubes and rim tape.