Cleaning the bits from the Harry Quinn for resale. Wheels are Gran Compe track wheels, which were not very true. I've straightened them as much as I dare but I think they have alloy nipples, which are very hard to turn after a few years of neglect, and easy to round off. Anyway, they're now running truer than most people's wheels. The hipster moron who sold it to me obviously had trouble getting the rear wheel into the frame (it's bang on 120mm for most of the dropout slots but they're curved in ever-so-slightly at the tips; not a problem to spread them by hand to pop the wheel in, which is pretty common on frames). But he removed the locknuts and put a couple of washers in there instead
As it has cartridge bearings, this isn't as disastrous as it sounds, but it needs locknuts before it's sold.
The tyres are interesting (and not very worn): Freedom 28mm Thickslicks. They are unusually sticky and, I imagine, quite fun to ride. Wouldn't tick any weight boxes as they're steel-beaded, and the stickiness probably means they pick up glass* but I might give them a go on the singlespeed.
*tyres a few years old have dried out and IME survive much better over broken glass. A big shard will still rip out the sidewall, granted, but they don't pick up and embed the little chips that work their way through the tread to the tube. I ran NOS 20mm Specialized Turbo S tyres for a while - they were about 10 years old and as dry as an Egyptian mummy. They never punctured, even with psyclepath use, despite being super-flimsy.
