Re: [CR] What Rims for early 70's Paramount P-13???

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Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2009 11:53:39 -0700
From: Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>, donald gillies <gillies@ece.ubc.ca>
In-Reply-To: <20091017174636.B2FB44F419@lvs1-r4.ece.ubc.ca>
Subject: Re: [CR] What Rims for early 70's Paramount P-13???


Except, I don't think Weinmann ever made rims in France. AFAIK, the rims were made in Belgium, while brakes were made in Switzerland. So a French made Schwinn-approved "330" rim was quite likely just a rebaged Arc-en-Ciel. So maybe that might be a good choice.

Regards,

Jerry Moos
Big Spring, Texas, USA


--- On Sat, 10/17/09, donald gillies wrote:


> From: donald gillies <gillies@ece.ubc.ca>

\r?\n> Subject: Re: [CR] What Rims for early 70's Paramount P-13???

\r?\n> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

\r?\n> Cc: jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net

\r?\n> Date: Saturday, October 17, 2009, 12:46 PM

\r?\n> http://images.andale.com/f2/115/106/3561856/1150536107536_schwinn_330_rims.jpg

\r?\n>

\r?\n> The 'Schwinn Approved' Rims have a logo very much like the

\r?\n> Weinmann

\r?\n> world-champion logo from the early 1970's.  They cut

\r?\n> off the logo and

\r?\n> put 'Schwinn Approved <==*==> France' to the

\r?\n> right of the world

\r?\n> champion logo.

\r?\n>

\r?\n> If you want to use Super Champion Arc-en-Ciel (Rainbow)

\r?\n> rims, then I

\r?\n> think it's also a good choice.  They weigh 330 grams,

\r?\n> just like the

\r?\n> '330' label on the Weinmann / Schwinn Approved rims. 

\r?\n> I did some study

\r?\n> on some new clinchers for my 1974 P13-9 and I think Schwinn

\r?\n> shipped

\r?\n> super champion clincher rims on some other early 1970's

\r?\n> Paramounts.

\r?\n>

\r?\n> - Don Gillies

\r?\n> San Diego, CA, USA