Hear ! Hear ! I'll add another two cents to that. I don't remember the number of spokes needed, but I've got a late '40's Armstrong 3-spd. that's missing one of those rims. That is if they are the 26 x 1-3/8 variety. I don't really want yours, I just think their scarcity would seem to make them deserve a more historicaly correct bike. Don't know when I last saw one of any drilling available at the LBS.
On Fri, 05 Jan 2001 22:42:40 -0500 Harvey M Sachs <sachs@erols.com>
writes:
> At 04:49 PM 1/5/2001 -0500, Cino1947@aol.com wrote:
> >Speaking of rim and tire compatibility, I have a chance to purchase
> a pair of
> >Dunlop stainless rims, 32 front, 40 rear. These are not listed in
> my old
> >Sutherlands.
> > Will I have a problem with getting modern tires to fit these?
> Will I have a
> >problem building these with a 130 mm rear axle?
> >Thanks,
> >Josh Berger
> Josh's note highlights a real dilemna. These rims are exactly right
> for
> some of the bikes I loved when younger, such as (if I remember
> correctly)
> the lower Raleighs of the early 60s. But I have a sense that good
> Dunlop
> rims have gotten rare enough that I'd only want to build them for
> wheels
> that really were period-correct, for a real restoration. It's
> funny, but
> my protective feelings don't come from a sence of $$ "value" in the
> market,
> but from a sense that they have a "high calling" for a real
> restoration.
>
> just my 2c
>
> harvey sachs
> mclean va
> (inside the Beltway, but not part of THAT problem)
>
>
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