... by the way, we had to put some washers between the wood rim, and the spoke nipple thing with the threads.
so now my cat wants to sleep on the finished bit. god love these sweet creatures.
robert clair
alexandria, va 22308
> the clb wood rims turned out real neat, with the phil wood track hubs.
> turns out we had nipples that were a little too long. the spokes were
> proper, so we nailed it with some medium length ones instead.
>
> was the first time we laced a wheel ... so much so that we have some more
> wooden rims on order. some high suntour, some low dura-ace. get the
> picture.
>
> by the way, did not the '60's bianchi comp come in root beer, as did a
> number of lesser models in the early '70's.
>
> so there you go ... robert is heading off the reservation.
>
> alexandria, va