Hi Paul
The dearth of suitably sized British rims is probably due to the hoarding that many, many, Birtish enthusiasts have been doing for over 25 years.
I know of many collectors that have lofts full of wheels sets and rims. Come the revolution, I shall have all these confiscated and recirculated which will in turn reduce the market prices accordingly for all concerned!
Regards Derek athey Honiton, Devon UK
On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 1:03 PM, Dr. Paul B. Williams
<castell5@sympatico.ca>wrote:
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> Thank you to everyone for your replies to my post.
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> The dearth of correct rims is certainly a dilemma which is not going to
> resolve itself for those of us who are restoring and riding British bikes
> built up to the early-1950s. There has been a revival of 650B out of a
> French tradition so why no interest in a modern reissue of English 26 x 1
> 1/4" EA1's? Given that British bikes were more common in North America from
> an early date I would have thought there would be a market? Even for those
> of us who have been able to find period-correct rims what will we do in the
> future to replace those should they become damaged?
>
> Food for thought.
>
> Paul Williams,
> Ottawa, ON, Canada
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> Dr. Paul B. Williams, BAH, MPhil, PhD
> Instructor,
> Dept. of Geography and Environmental Studies,
> Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada