Cycle Repairing and Adjusting
With a Chapter on building a Bicycle from a Set of Parts

72 CYCLE REPAIRING means of which the work is suspended being treated in the same way. The work-bench should be covered with sheet zinc, and should be carefully dusted and wiped over with a paraffin rag at least once a week. A stand of some kind is handy for wheel enamelling ; one that will hold the wheel by the spindle, or by passing a rod through the hub, so that the wheel may be revolved thereon, is preferable. Suitable brushes, enamel and enamel pots, complete the outfit. The best form of brush is a flat camel-hair about 1| in. to in. wide, with the hair set in tin, separate brushes being kept for first and second coatings. To use one brush for both coatings is mistaken economy. The brushes must be kept very clean and free from dust. If frequently used they may be left in the enamel, but when only occasionally handled they should be washed out in turps and put carefully away. In any case they should be thoroughly washed out at regular intervals, first in turps and afterwards in very hot water with soap and soda, or a strong soap powder, such as Hudson’s dry soap or “ Compo ” soap powder, working the soap well into the roots of the hairs. They should be rinsed and dried thoroughly before being used again. Tin enamel pots, such as salmon or preserved-fruit tins, well cleaned out, may be used, and a piece of stout spoke wire should be fitted across from one side to the other, about two-thirds up from the bottom, for wiping the super- fluous enamel off the brush and for supporting the brushes when left in the enamel. A small hook should be screwed into the brush-handle, at suGh a height that when the brush