January 17, 201313 yr The Q100 is silver as well, lol I suppose I could take it off your hands for a few squid Did you read my edit above? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
January 17, 201313 yr Author The Q100 is silver as well, lol I suppose I could take it off your hands for a few squid Did you read my edit above? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Ok blackening sounds good... if you have a link that would be grand.. Else if you wanted to buy it, or anyone else for that matter, I'd let it go for cost price.. it's not been fitted or used of course.
January 17, 201313 yr I'll find a link now.. You'll let it go at cost, so where's the incentive to buy, lol Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
January 17, 201313 yr Author I'll find a link now.. You'll let it go at cost, so where's the incentive to buy, lol Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Time saving
January 17, 201313 yr http://item.mobileweb.ebay.co.uk/viewitem?itemId=360191791945 The finish will be not be as good as sending the wheel to have it coloured by the hot acid method ... But Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
January 17, 201313 yr Author Birchwood Casey ALUMINIUM BLACK Metal Finisher | eBay The finish will be not be as good as sending the wheel to have it coloured by the hot acid method ... But Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Thanks Dave..it might be ok just for doing some photos and videos as a prototype..as I'm trying to sell the concept of an eMezzo to the manufacturers.
January 17, 201313 yr Heh..it just doesn't look right or suit my taste. It's got to be black or nothing. Just respoke the front hub into a silver rim to get a matching pair. You'll have all the spokes and hub already so it'll be a doddle and there are a few shops will true the built wheel for very little. Or blacken the rear one as Old_Dave suggests. If you go out on these filthy roads at the moment, your rims will be black with dirt in no time at all anyway .
January 18, 201313 yr Oh dear... Oh dear Just looked at my BMS supplied ready built Q100 wheel and it's ........... [ATTACH]4851.vB[/ATTACH] Lol Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
January 18, 201313 yr Oh dear... Oh dear Just looked at my BMS supplied ready built Q100 wheel and it's ........... [ATTACH]4851[/ATTACH] Lol Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk I've got a couple of their 16" rims, but they're a different size to the Mezzo/Dahon ones (Chinese inches instead of English).
January 18, 201313 yr Oh dear... Oh dear Just looked at my BMS supplied ready built Q100 wheel and it's ........... Black....and silver....... The common problem with ready built 16" wheels from BMS and other Chinese suppliers is that they use the smaller 305mm rim, not the 349 needed for Brompton, Mezzo etc. I think the OP is looking for all black rims - not easy to find in 349 size. Alan Edited January 18, 201313 yr by catsnapper
January 18, 201313 yr Oppppppppps my bad.. Sorry I got confused (its a life style) with what was said a few pages back I was going to order a 20" Q100 250-350W rear kit at the same time for my Dahon JetStream but the shipping doubled so there's no saving ordering at same time..and since I'm unsure whether I'm even keeping the jetStream I've decided to finish the Mezzo project first and come back to that JetStream later. Shame. In that case strip the wheel and send it away for a colour change (Anodising) in a bath of acid, which is a far better finish than any diy fix Edited January 18, 201313 yr by Old_Dave
January 18, 201313 yr Author Birchwood Casey ALUMINIUM BLACK Metal Finisher | eBay The finish will be not be as good as sending the wheel to have it coloured by the hot acid method ... But Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Thanks Dave, the seller said as much as I asked him.. it might be ok for mock-up purposes for my video/photos.. but won't last long beyond that. I've asked ATB Sales the manufacturer of Mezzo if they can supply 36H rims on special order.. I won't hold my breath through. I've had a search around to see what's available in China, and can't find any suppliers.. I think Catsnapper is on the ball when he said only one supplier in the US, of the Australian brand rims (priced about $40+shipping+VAT/Duty).. I did find one supplier though in Spain who can get them, but he only has silver ones in stock and tells me that black rims are available but he would only be able to get them in quantity on a special order.. I'm just discussing price and quantity with him. I'd certainly be willing to buy a box of them off him if the quantity is sensible, as I'm sure there's bound to be others in same situation as myself in need of black 349mm 36H rims at some point. I'm seriously beginning to think the original suggestion made by someone when I started this project, of doing a mid-drive/crank conversion might in retrospect be a much better way of going about this conversion due to these problems with the rims and the gears. Although fitting a mid drive motor comes with its own set of problems/challenges, i.e. actual fitting, whether it affects the fold, and limitations on motor choice etc, it would leave the bike intact and save money and hassle eh. Edited January 18, 201313 yr by morphix
January 18, 201313 yr Author Plodding onwards... Well since we're pretty much snowed in now (about 4 inches of snow fallen already and still coming down thick and fast) and not much is moving around here, work wise.. I might fit this rear wheel see how the silver looks against the black frame... It's hard to get an idea just from resting it up against the bike...but it maybe futile and may be just as difficult to get a proper impression even with one wheel fitted..probably will need to go the full hog and do the front one to see the full effect! I'm sure it will no doubt look tidy and smart, but I feel its a significant compromise from what I had wanted...it will change the appearance of what the Mezzo D9 looks like now...I'm not one for compromising over details.. I like things perfect...I'm a fussy ******! My aim was to keep the bike looking as close as possible as it does now, with little sign of being electric. I even wanted a black motor!
January 18, 201313 yr Author In that case strip the wheel and send it away for a colour change (Anodising) in a bath of acid, which is a far better finish than any diy fix Sounds interesting! Not something I could do, but I wonder if there's any places could do that if I sent the rims off to them.
January 18, 201313 yr I even wanted a black motor! Then strip the motor apart and send the case as well as the rim for a bath, lol But wot about the spokes
January 18, 201313 yr Heres the first place I found Sulphuric Acid Anodising form Malden Plating Thought the nice pictures of the guys doing the job would of had eye protection and masks ? Still... my days of beating peeps over the head with books are long gone http://www.maldenplating.co.uk/photos/factory_floor02.jpg
January 18, 201313 yr Author Then strip the motor apart and send the case as well as the rim for a bath, lol But wot about the spokes The spokes are ok as they're silver on the original D9 ;-)
January 18, 201313 yr Author Heres the first place I found Sulphuric Acid Anodising form Malden Plating Thought the nice pictures of the guys doing the job would of had eye protection and masks ? Still... my days of beating peeps over the head with books are long gone http://www.maldenplating.co.uk/photos/factory_floor02.jpg I contacted the firm just to see out of interest if it's something they can do and how much they would charge.. I asked for the rim and the motor casing as separate jobs.. I noticed on their colour options though, they don't offer black and the default finish seems to be silver!
January 18, 201313 yr Here.... Aluminium Anodising Colours from Malden Plating Darn... no black, but don't worry there are lots of places Edited January 18, 201313 yr by Old_Dave
January 18, 201313 yr Author Here.... Aluminium Anodising Colours from Malden Plating Darn... no black, but don't worry there are lots of places Do you reckon firms like this would charge a lot for a small job like this, if they agree to do it at all?
January 18, 201313 yr You could always do it yourself............. I've anodised bits of aluminium in the garage, using a bucket of diluted acid, a power supply and some lead sheet as the electrodes. Works OK and you can dye it any colour you want using Dylon fabric dye, then boil it in water afterwards to fix the dye and seal the anodising. The hard bit would be removing the original anodising, assuming the rim is anodised silver.
January 18, 201313 yr Author You could always do it yourself............. I've anodised bits of aluminium in the garage, using a bucket of diluted acid, a power supply and some lead sheet as the electrodes. Works OK and you can dye it any colour you want using Dylon fabric dye, then boil it in water afterwards to fix the dye and seal the anodising. The hard bit would be removing the original anodising, assuming the rim is anodised silver. It's just not possible, I don't have the space in a flat and it doesn't sound like something I'd even like to attempt.
January 18, 201313 yr Not something to be done in a flat, that's for sure! It does needs a well ventilated space and even then probably breaks more rules than you can wave a big stick at....................
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