In my reading accounts of wood-rim-era Tours de France, I don't recall ever hearing about a problem with a wooden rim. Did the recorders of history just leave out these facts, or did the rims at least last a day under the legs of a TdF champion? When did metal rims first take hold in races like the TdF?
I've really got a hankering to do this, but I don't want to kill myself while out on a my favorite local club ride, either. What I'd *love* to do is some light touring on a set of wooden rims. For what it's worth, I weigh 150 pounds and am generally quite easy on bicycles and related gear.
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ABB3330002@aol.com wrote:
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> I use brakepads designed for steel rims on my wooden wheels-- they are
> leather centered and surrrounded by a soft rubber compound. I believe they
> are marketed as Fibrax. Before I found them I superglued roughout leather to
> kool stop shoes and they worked pretty well. The regular shoes grab and then
> let go and eat up the finish Alan Bernstein