[CR]How strong are wooden rims?

(Example: Racing:Beryl Burton)

Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:58:24 +0000
From: "Simon PJ" <simonpj@mac.com>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
In-Reply-To: <31286615.1199982829367.JavaMail.?@fh036.dia.cp.net>
Subject: [CR]How strong are wooden rims?

Are they only for lightweight riders?

Can they only take limited tyre pressures?

Mainly for track use?

Does the age of most surviving wooden rims now make them 'non-riders'?

Thanks,

Wyndham Pulman-Jones
Girton, Cambs., UK.