Re: [CR]Second Try - Anyone Riding Wooden Rims?

(Example: Racing:Beryl Burton)

Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 09:08:16 -0500
To: Steve Freides <steve@fridayscomputer.com>, Classic Lightweights <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
From: "Harvey M Sachs" <sachs@erols.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Second Try - Anyone Riding Wooden Rims?
In-Reply-To: <3A702AFA.B7FFDB2B@fridayscomputer.com>


At 08:32 1/25/2001 -0500, Steve Freides wrote:
>Is anyone out there actually regularly riding wooden rims, or would
>anyone care to offer a reason *why* no one is doing so?
>
>-S-

To me, this should be resolved into finer-scale questions for which I'd also love answers:

1) do wood rims withstand caliper brakes? What friction material was used - leather or rubber?

2) "wood" rims can be taken as meaning "All-Wood," which look like old-fashioned tennis rackets, usually with laminated construction. Just beautiful. For the era I like best (60s) there are also wood-filled sew-up rims with Aluminum exteriors. I have a pair of Weinmann track rims built this way.

Harvey Sachs