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Not sure if this is already a thread but I couldn't find one.. Here are a couple I have found!

For me it's way cheaper as I already had the coaster hub leftover from another project and stuff is pretty expensive in the UK if it's remotely off the beaten track if that makes sense. Also I can buy the parts in stages and it doesn't hit my cash flow so hard haha!

Thank you all so much for helping with this as it's blowing my mind! Maybe not blowing it.. but certainly irritating it! I ordered the 26x1 3/4 rims but I suspect they may be slightly narrower than 1 3/4".. tomorrow I will take all the measurements in the world! I will use a dowel to measure the...

Right OK cool. Might this revelation in the size of the rim also indicate as to why my ERD measurement was so out? And just to clarify (sorry for being an idiot..) but what is the size of tire/s I am looking for? Thanks so much!

Found some tires on ebay which might be the correct size but it doesn't give the metric (?) bead seat diameter. I read the Sheldon Brown page and as you have stated above there are a whole bunch of "26 inch" tires. Finding whitewalls is going to be a nightmare.. might have to whip the old house...

I got the 26 x 1 3/4 rims.. thinking they would fit a 26" tyre? You can see how I would be easily confused by that haha. I had already bought the tyres which are Schwalbe Returner. So they won't fit I'm guessing? Sucks. Finding the rims was maybe harder than the tires though so I guess that's...

Here is the link.. pictures aren't particularly helpful I guess but if you can do some bicycle detective work that would be great!! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/200735553105?var=500078409747&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649

Ended up with 521mm again. I emailed the company I bought them off and they don't have the information. I will try and find some spokes somewhere and measure it in that fashion and see if the results differ. Cheers

The Monty rims ended up not being in stock when I ordered them so I got some no name Chrome ones.. I will have another bash with the big vernier. It is one of them manual ones where you have to subtract X from the outside measurement to give the reading.. I probably just took too much off and...

Just measured the outside diameter of the rim with a measuring tape and it's like 23 inches? Sooooo.. something isn't right here! Using the measuring tape I get the ERD at 550mm.. EDIT: Apparently this could be "ISO 584 mm - 650B, 26 x 1 1/2""

Carrying on from this I measured the id of the rim in a few places and came up with 521mm. Using the dimensions given on this site http://www.elegantwheels.net/VELOSTEEL.html I come up with 248mm spokes.. The hub on the site is 32 hole and mine is 36 but the spoke calculator I used didn't ask...

So I gots my rims.. I gots my hubs.. I needs my spokes! So I read some spoke sizing guides and the only measurement I'm short of is the ERD. Now most of the guides suggest using some old spokes.. measuring the distance between nipples once threaded then adding the combined nipple length...

That's what I'm talking about!! That looks seriously fresh man!

Haha old skateboards is something I have hundreds off as I run a skatepark! I will have a look at some skateboard racks and go from there! Cheers mate

I was wondering if anyone could help with this one? Basically over here in the UK it's more or less impossible to buy anything good.. ever. Unless you like tea and/or pies. In which case it is a land of plenty! So I have now got more or less all the bits for my cruiser other than paint, spokes...

So the sprocket that came on my cruiser is tripe. The chrome was never chromey to begin with and over years of neglect it has, surprisingly, not got any better. I thought I would just grab a new one, second hand one piece sprocket will be easy to find! Nope. Stuck again.. I have however found...

Yeah it's a threaded steerer tube, the generic lowrider springer type as that's all the was available over here and I haven't got much time at the moment to be messing around fabbing stuff :( Will still look cool though I reckon with a bit of fettling! The price is right for sure on the bars...

Found some Humpert beach cruiser bars! Cheers for the heads up! They are described as being "silver" so I emailed the company and they said that the finish is a polished steel and thus "chrome like" in appearance.. I don't know what to make of that?

The forks have a 1" steer tube I think though I will measure them to be sure once they arrive, in terms of style I was just going to try and find a chrome steel one which looks kind of right haha.. have you any suggestions? Cheers

I know man import tax is ruthless here :( Been stung with it plenty of times.. often the shipping companies add admin costs on top of it as well and before you know it whatever you bought ain't such a bargain anymore haha I will keep looking for bars.. most that I seem to find are between 55...