The Wheels

With the bike completely dissasembled, the easiest bit to do first was to regrease the hubs and polish the rims up. The wheels are Ridgida alloy rims 36 spoke, on some French hubs with a silly name which is difficult to read. Dimension wise they are 27" x 1 1/4".
Tripple O wire wool and t-cut is great for polishing up the rims.
Also, in these environmentally friendy days, to clean the grease out of the hubs and off the ball bearings, first wipe off as much as possible with kitchen roll then if you have some Sainsbury's kitchen cleaner put all the bearings in a pot squirt with cleaners, slosh for a bit then wash off in water and hey presto shinny balls. Of course if you have some nice posh degreaser then you will be better off using that.