Roxlamb@aol.com wrote:
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> Hi! I saw these really nice looking wooden rims for sale on eBay # 7131419348.The brand is Ghisall and the owner says they're 1970's vintage. In all the pictures of vintage bikes you all have shown on the list in my year or so of subscribing, I've never seen wooden rims on any of your bikes. Will you help answer the following questions?
> 1) what year were they really made?
> 2) were they hard to lace up and keep true?
> 3) what were they like to ride?
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> Thanks,
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> Will McKnight
> Whitehouse, Ohio
Here's my '39 Bianchi with those rims:
http://www.velo-retro.com/
Answers: 1) 1970s 2) easy to both questions 3) feel springy
Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California
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