Hello,
for those of you interested in "Ghisallo" wooden rims made by Giovanni Cermenati, i did some research about them.
I found a website that shows some intersting pictures of Cermenatis
workshop:
http://www.kinopio.com/
I also found a company called "rebeco" in hamburg/germany. They have "Ghisallo" rims in their catalogue online:
http://www.rebeco.de/
i'm german, but i haven't ever heard of that distributor. anyone? the catalogue seems to be from 2002.
regards, Martin Appel Munich, Germany
John Pergolizzi schrieb:
> Will,
> This past July, while my wife Sally and I were in Italy, we were able
> to take a day trip from Cernobbio on Lake Como to Ghisallo. It was
> aSaturday and just so happened to be on the day of the second to last
> stage of the female Giro D'Italia. WOW, that's timing! This event takes
> place durring The Tour de France.
> After visiting the Church where all the cycling stuff is, I spotted a
> guy walking around with a set of wooden rimed wheels. I approached and
> asked as to their manufacture as a friend of mine in the U.S. had herd
> that they were produced in the basement of the Church! The gentleman
> told me that I should ask the manufacturer himself and proceeded to
> introduce me to Signore Giovanni Cermenati who just happened to be
> walking by. His company "Cerchi Ghisallo" , makes "cerchi in legno per
> cicli" and is located at 22030 Magreglio (Como), Via Adua, 40. Tel#
> 031/96.51.46 (you must add the country code).
> The set of wheels was for the winner of the days stage which ended at
> the summit of the climb leading to The Church. A very long climb. The
> wheels were built with modern Campagnolo hubs with 130 spacing!
> Sig.Cermenati will build you whatever rims you need. You will need
> loooooong spoke nipples and the wheels will be "soft"/ "spongy" ; as in
> very absorbent.
> After the stage, the riders entered the church to pay homage. The TV
> crews caught it all and Sally and I were on RAI TV that night!
>
> ciao,
> GianTindaro Pergolizzi
> Brooklyn, New York
>
>
>
>> 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?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Will McKnight
>> Whitehouse, Ohio