Re: Fw: [CR]Bike technology peaked in the 1984?

(Example: Humor:John Pergolizzi)

To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2001 19:16:04 -0400
Subject: Re: Fw: [CR]Bike technology peaked in the 1984?
From: "Steven m Johnson" <grisha2@juno.com>


On Sat, 21 Apr 2001 14:27:14 -0400 Jerry & Liz Moos <moos@penn.com> writes:
> I think everyone lies a little on rim weight, so it doesn't surprise
> me that all
> the rims, including the Arc-en-Ciel, which was advertised at 330gm
> but weighs out at 340, are higer than advertised.

I used (broke) lots of these rims, and remember not paying much over fifteen dollars ea for them. Can't remember if it was a shop deal, or that was the price. To this day, I am not very nice to wheels. One odd thing about these rims, is that I don't remember ever seeing them on a new bike?
> There were some old rims above 500gm, in fact I just
> weighed a Weinmann concave at 550gm, but I don't think the concave
> was ever intended for racing.

Heavy yes, but I always liked the big sidewall and the way you could really get some serious tension into the wheel with these. I have a box of them, and am still riding 'em.

Steven M. Johnson, Chesapeake, VA http://members.home.com/grisha1/index.htm

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