Re: [CR]Spoke tension wooden rims

(Example: Framebuilders:Mario Confente)

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From: "neil foddering" <neilfoddering@hotmail.com>
To: hmsachs@verizon.net
Subject: Re: [CR]Spoke tension wooden rims
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 13:25:45 +0000
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

Thanks, Harvey! Both Ted and Phil Easton have been very helpful. Ted has suggested felt, and Phil's wife uses Corima (a modern brake pad for composite rims) on her wood-rimmed machine.

I have the opportunity to buy some wood rims for wired-on tyres, and I wanted to make sure I would be able to stop on some of the long, steep descents where I live. A tandem couple was killed on a particularly dangerous hill here some years ago, and I have no desire to follow suit!

Neil Foddering Weymouth, Dorset, England


>From: Harvey Sachs <hmsachs@verizon.net>
>To: neil foddering <neilfoddering@hotmail.com>
>CC: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org, dave@pelletizer.com, ternst1@cox.net
>Subject: Re: [CR]Spoke tension wooden rims
>Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2007 17:04:59 -0500
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>neil foddering wrote:
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>>Forgive me if this question has already been asked and answered, but what
>>brake blocks do you use?
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>>I may use wood rims on my 1939 R O Harrison when I build it up, and will
>>need effective brakes, since it will have a derailleur (Super Champion
>>Osgear) and I won't have the braking of a fixed wheel.
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>Well, Neil, I'm a bit embarrassed about this. The Paramount is fixed-gear,
>but I don't ride brakeless on the road. So, I put a vintage sidepull on it.
>Since I didn't have "proper" leather (?) or felt (?) brake pads, and since
>the varnish was in no great shape anyhow, I just put on some old Matthauser
>pads that were in the box, but try not to use them often. If Ted or others
>more knowledgeable have a better idea, I'm all ears!

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>harvey sachs

>mcLean va