[CR]Mystery Wheel Question - J-Disc components?

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From: "Steve Neago" <questor@cinci.rr.com>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 11:37:06 -0500
Subject: [CR]Mystery Wheel Question - J-Disc components?

Hello,

I recently acquired a vintage? rear wheel made by J-Disc in Eugene Oregon with a Regina America freewheel and unknown grey rim and bright red Mylar wheel covers. I plan on using this wheel with the Teledyne Titan frame that I have to make a vintage "Weight Weenie" bike with Huret Jubilee derailleurs, drilled out cranks, etc.

However, I am having problems trying to match the front wheel components to the rear wheel...I am trying to find which OEM manufacturer parts were used to build the rear wheel, but they are hidden by the aerodynamic Mylar disc covers. Removing these Mylar covers is not something I can easily repair, nor what I want to have to do. Can anyone tell me what rim, spoke, and hub components were used by J-Disc to build this wheel?

The wheel is extremely light and supposedly uses titanium spokes. The rims are very similar to Araya/Matrix Aero Tubie Wheels that are grey in color. The hubs are sealed bearings and use solid aluminum flanges - like a Kerin hub there are no cutouts. I vaguely recall that these may be HiE sealed hubs, but does anyone know what OEM parts J-Disc used on these wheels? The company supposedly went out of business and is no longer listed in the Oregon telephone directory, does anyone know when these wheels were manufactured?

Regards, Steve Neago
Cincinnati, OH