Matt Gorski wrote (snip to change the topic):
I'm digging out my folding Mark Nobilette to get it's Cirque Service and perhaps a new set of wheels.... maybe the double drilled Paramount wheelset I have somewhere just to keep with the drillum theme.....
++++++++++++++++++ Now, Matt, double-drilling the spoke holes is one way to go. How about a bit of a contest for bragging rights, about the most holes drilled stock, per flange, excluding the spoke holes? Or largest holes? I'll open the silliness with two offerings:
18 drillium holes/flange on 36 hole FB 3-piece, later sold as Campy with same drill pattern. 9 are about 1 cm, arranged as an inner circle, and the outer 9 are much smaller. The tight synching with the spoke holes suggests that a 32 hole, if it existed, would have had only 8 of each size.
(Schwinn) Paramount 3-piece hub, 9 holes each about 15.3 mm diameter. For comparison, a dime is a bit under 18 mm... Airlite Continental HF has 10 holes, but only about 12 mm diameter.
let the games begin!
harvey sachs
mcLean va.