Re: [CR]Re: Rims, and more Rims Questions

(Example: Framebuilders)

From: "Peter Jon White" <PeterJonWhite@PeterWhiteCycles.com>
To: "Herb Langston" <langston@interaccess.com>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <l03130301ba75a38607dc@[64.178.34.150]>
Subject: Re: [CR]Re: Rims, and more Rims Questions
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 15:49:00 -0500


They also made (make?) wheels for Ferrari, along with Cromodora. But I've always wondered if the bicycle rims are manufactured in house, or jobbed to another rim maker. Anybody know for sure?

Peter Jon White Peter White Cycles 24 Hall Rd. Hillsborough, NH 03244 603 478 0900 Phone 603 478 0902 Phax Peter@PeterWhiteCycles.com http://www.PeterWhiteCycles.com

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----- Original Message -----
From: Herb Langston
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2003 3:28 PM
Subject: [CR]Re: Rims, and more Rims Questions



> Peter Jon White wrote:
> >Campagnolo was pretty late entering the rim market. I can't give an exact
> >date, but I think they started selling rims around 1984.
>
> I never quite understood why Campagnolo did not produce rims earlier and
> include them in the NR/SR gruppos. They were making rims and mag wheels for
> Ducati motorcycles since at least the early 1970s. So they had more than a
> fair understanding of wheel building/engineering.
>
> Herb Langston
> Evanston, IL