i have to second this recommendation (ill consider anything e-richie says he selects to put on his bikes to be a recommendation :) )
while modern, i use nothing but fir rims for my work bike - excellent, excellent rims - they built straight and true, and take a beating. and theyre usually laced to quite cr-period sturmey archer alloy-body aws! (a 1953 right now...)
ive had excellent experience with their less-modern rims as well.
-joel
>cut:
>NortonMarg@aol.com writes:
>F.I.R. (the manufacturer or brand) rims were available in the US,
>IIRC, in the early to mid 80s.
>
>
>they're still available.
>i use them routinely on my modern bicycles when hand
>built wheels are spec-ed in lieu of boutique-y ones.
>e-RICHIE
>Richard Sachs Cycles
>No.9, North Main Street
>Chester, CT 06412 USA
>www.richardsachs.com
>Tel. 860.526.2059
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i know what innocence looks like - and it wasn't there,
after she got that bicycle...