Re: [CR]Light wheels

(Example: Framebuilding:Restoration)

Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 15:19:02 -0500
Subject: Re: [CR]Light wheels
From: "Todd Kuzma" <tullio@TheRamp.net>
To: <OROBOYZ@aol.com>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
In-Reply-To: <4f.3e26ed7f.2dd3dfa3@aol.com>


on 5/12/04 3:14 PM, OROBOYZ@aol.com at OROBOYZ@aol.com wrote:
> Total wheel pair - 1290g
> Price (1983) - about $230 (Super Champion Performance rims were $70 EACH in
> 1983; 40g heavier Record du Monde rims were $15 each) >>
>
> Ha! That's great.. Senior moment perhaps, but I don't remember a Super Champ
> "Performance" model.. Which catalog did you see that in?

1983 Palo Alo Bicycles. From the description, it was one of the early hard anodized rims.

Todd Kuzma
Heron Bicycles
Tullio's Big Dog Cyclery
LaSalle, IL 815-223-1776
http://www.heronbicycles.com
http://www.tullios.com