[CR]27" rims follow-up

(Example: Framebuilders:Mario Confente)

Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 12:00:48 -0400
From: "Scott Loveless" <sdl@twosixteen.com>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
References: <BAY101-W5471E2B2EC163831C78B6D68F0@phx.gbl>
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Subject: [CR]27" rims follow-up

Reid Fisher wrote:
> Hi Scott,
> A question I've been wanting to ask -- thanks! I had that same nagging
> feeling that I wasn't asking the right questions in the archives.
> Other than the on-list replies I got quite a few off-list offers for NOS rims and several recommendations for the CR-18 and Velocity Twin Hollow. FWIW, I took a look at the QBP catalog today and couldn't find the Twin Hollow in 27".

One responder expressed some concern about the safety and true-ability of old rims. Most of my own experience with older wheels involves low-end bikes, and those rims have held up under my considerable girth without failure. Keeping them true is another story.....

Thanks a bunch, folks. Much appreciated.

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Scott Loveless
New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA
http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/