From: "Larry Myers" <curmudgeon1957@yahoo.com> To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Sent: Friday, February 09, 2007 3:39 AM Subject: [CR]RE: Wood-Filled Rims
>I have seen (and owned & ridden) wood-filled tubular rims from Scheeren
>(the 'Weltmeister' model) and Weinmann. Both came on older track bikes that
>I owned in the early '70's ( a Gillot & a Masi, respectively). I honestly
>cannot comment on the reason for them being constructed in this manner;
>perhaps they were seen by the manufacturer as being 'the best of both
>worlds' for aluminum & wood. I never noticed a discernable difference in
>ride quality from all-alloy rims; other than that they seemed to be a lot
>more delicate than my other Nisi or Fiammi-shod wheels (especially the
>Scheeren >rims!). I also remember using Ukai rims that were plastic-filled
>(!); these were of very poor quality. Maybe some of the >older hands can
>comment on this issue (Mr. Ernst?)....
Any ideas on why they used separate blocks of wood?
The technology had been around to wrap a wood rim in steel and I presume it
could have been done in aluminum.
(i.e.: clad rims on prewar ballooner bikes.
see: http://www.nostalgic.net/
Pete Geurds
Douglassville, Pa