Re: [CR]WTB: *quilted* pattern rim or front wheel

(Example: Racing)

Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 14:36:44 -0400
From: "Chris Beyer" <beyerc@mailserver.volvo.com>
To: Paulie Davis <paulieflt@yahoo.com>
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]WTB: *quilted* pattern rim or front wheel
References: <20010502174425.43619.qmail@web13401.mail.yahoo.com>


Paulie:

Is it steel or aluminum? If steel, I may have one.......free, of course.

Chris

Paulie Davis wrote:
> An old Stella bike eBay purchase several weeks
> ago got munched before it arrived at my door.
> (Packing so bad it's a miracle the entire bike it
> wasn't completely thrashed.) The front wheel rim
> was rather badly damaged. It is a 27" 36-hole
> rim with a smooth finish inside and a sort of
> *quilted* cross-hatch pattern on its outer edge.
> (Several broken spokes, but the hub is fine.)
>
> I don't want to spend a lot of money on this
> project, but I'd like to obtain another rim like
> that, or -- even better -- an inexpensive
> complete front wheel with that quilted pattern on
> the outside. Anybody got one hanging around
> they'd to sell? I have no idea if these wheels
> were used on other French bikes. Maybe some
> low-end Peugeots?
>
> Thanks,
> Paulie Davis
> Los Angeles
>
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