Re: [CR]Sew-Ups?

(Example: Framebuilders:Doug Fattic)

From: "jerrymoos" <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
To: <Carb7008@cs.com>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <f6.374d25ff.2d744c91@cs.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Sew-Ups?
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2004 19:16:03 -0600


Jack, I've bought many pairs of nice clincher wheels from list members or on eBay for $100 a pair, sometimes as low as $50. As a matter of fact I just got a nice pair of C-Record clincher wheels on eBay 15 minutes ago for $81.02. Pick up a pair if you really must have clinchers, but sewups are not as fragile as you may think. Try riding them at least occasionally.

Regards,

Jerry Moos
Houston, TX


----- Original Message -----
From: Carb7008@cs.com
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 2:21 AM
Subject: [CR]Sew-Ups?



> Not seeing this subject broached since I've been on the list, I've wondered
> how others handle this problem:
>
> I'm debating on what to do with the original sew-up wheels that came with
> some of my vintage bikes. For the casual riding I do, I prefer the advantages of
> clinchers. I prefer not to spend hundreds for a spare set of nice clincher
> wheels with Campy hubs (as I can sometimes buy an entire vintage bike for this
> amount). Yet, I hesitate to destroy perfectly good original wheels by
> converting them to clinchers. As a consequence of this dilema, the sew-up equipped
> bikes don't get ridden, which is perhaps the greatest loss.
>
> Jack Romans
> Sacramento, CA