Bob Reid wrote:
>
> (cut) Much as these late 30s rims
> are light even when compared to some of Mavics more modern creations, I'd
> much rather find a pair of steel Constrictor Copper Mamba sprints - weighing
> in at massive 19oz / 538g, these were produced at the Constrictor Tyre Co's
> own factory and finished in Copper.
Bob, I have always been partial to the Constrictor Nickle Bushmaster sprints myself. Not exactly svelt at 38oz / 1076g, but they're mere tuppence and crush small rocks you occasionally encounter on the roads locally in my township, Avon-on-South-Pasadenashire. Tough to find the matching 28" x 4 3/4" tyres though and they are frightfully dear when they can be had.
Charles Tipton Smyth-Schmidt Avon-on-South-Pasadenashire, Southern California