Re: [CR] Scheeren v. Weinmann balsa-filled rims. Now plastic filled

(Example: Racing:Beryl Burton)

Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 04:02:02 +0000
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Subject: Re: [CR] Scheeren v. Weinmann balsa-filled rims. Now plastic filled


Ted Ernst said:

There was also the Japanese rim with a plastic block.

That was Ukai, as on the Fuji Finest and Newest, filled with plastic foam. I had a guy cross wheels with me in a race and I had no choice but to steer into him to stay up. The Ukai's did a good job as I rode over his bike! I think any other rim would have folded. But they weighed 400 grams and were always sort of lumpy and hard to true. Replacements were quite expensive also.

Joe Bender-Zanoni
Whitneyville, CT