Peter: The reason I ask is that I'm rebuilding the wheels on my 1938 Anglo Continental. This bikes has some of the original componants, but some were upgraded in 1951/52 including the wheelset. I'm just trying to be period correct on this one.
Best regards
Peter Naiman
Shorewood, MA
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter Naiman" <hetchinspete1@yahoo.com>
> To: "classicrendezvous"
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> Cc: "Jan Heine" <jtheine@earthlink.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 11:25 PM
> Subject: [CR]Stainless steel spokes in Pre-war
> period
>
>
> > I wrote a few weeks ago looking for a supplier of
> > 15/17 Guage stainless steel spokes, and received
> quite
> > a few replies, but now I've another question.
> > I know in the 40s and 50s there were adds for
> rustless
> > spokes, but according to Keith Helon these were
> not
> > stainless steel. So my question is, were stainless
> > steel spokes available on Pre-war bikes, and if
> not
> > when did they first appear ?
>
> All of Raleigh's best lightweights (Silver Record,
> RRA etc.) had stainless
> spokes by 1939 model year. I am not sure of other
> makes but I assume ss
> spokes were available by that time.
>
> Peter Kohler
> Washington DC USA
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