Re: [CR]question about 50's aluminum rims

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From: "flying_scot" <flying_scot@btopenworld.com>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Subject: Re: [CR]question about 50's aluminum rims
Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2003 00:42:31 -0000


Dear Mr Charles Tipton Smyth-Schmidt (Hon)

I regret to inform you that we have recently discontinued supply of the Nickle-Bushmaster rim much vaunted by our customers in the colonies. As a result of a long overdue change at the factory from hydraulic to steam power we have found that we are unable to maintain the high standards of finish achieved by the former, and as expected by our clients. Please be assured we are doing everything in our power to meet the needs and expectations of our friends in the America's and are currently experimenting with a new form of light metal under development by one Henry Royce in conjunction with the Hi-Duty Aluminium Company. Please see your local agent for further information or send a 6d S.A.E. (PayPal +5% and shipping extra) to the following address, and I'll send you a photographic replication.

Robert Russell-Reid Stonehaven by the Sea Scotland N.B.

product line, due to recent changes


----- Original Message -----
From: Chuck Schmidt
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Friday, December 26, 2003 11:28 PM
Subject: Re: [CR]question about 50's aluminum rims



> Bob Reid wrote:
> >
> > (cut) Much as these late 30s rims
> > are light even when compared to some of Mavics more modern creations, I'd
> > much rather find a pair of steel Constrictor Copper Mamba sprints - weighing
> > in at massive 19oz / 538g, these were produced at the Constrictor Tyre Co's
> > own factory and finished in Copper.
>
> Bob, I have always been partial to the Constrictor Nickle Bushmaster
> sprints myself. Not exactly svelt at 38oz / 1076g, but they're mere
> tuppence and crush small rocks you occasionally encounter on the roads
> locally in my township, Avon-on-South-Pasadenashire. Tough to find the
> matching 28" x 4 3/4" tyres though and they are frightfully dear when
> they can be had.
>
> Charles Tipton Smyth-Schmidt
> Avon-on-South-Pasadenashire, Southern California