Actually, someone sent me a scan of the Hi-E manual, advising that one could take a 36 hole rim and drill 6 extra holes for the 18/24 hub. I'm also advised one can use a 48H tandem rim and skip 6 of the holes. Either way, it will be a bit of a challenge to calculate the proper spoke length.
Regards,
Jerry Moos
Big Spring, Texas, USA
> From: joeb-z@comcast.net <joeb-z@comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [CR] Really Weird Hi-E
> To: "Todd Teachout" <thteach@sonic.net>
> Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Date: Saturday, October 31, 2009, 11:54 AM
> Hi-E also imported undrilled Super
> Champion rims and drilled them to order. The Hi-E rims were
> not to everyones taste. Even the heavy duty model could be
> quite lumpy as a braking surface.
>
> Joe Bender-Zanoni
> Whitneyville, CT
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Todd Teachout" <thteach@sonic.net>
>
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>
> Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2009 12:40:15 PM GMT -05:00
> US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: [CR] Really Weird Hi-E
>
> Since Hi-E produced both hubs and rims they didn't need to
> be
> constrained by spoking "standards." Sorry for stating the
> obvious but
> maybe a few members didn't know what Hi-E made in the day -
> Hubs,
> skewers, rims, whole bikes (except tires, handlebars and
> seats) if I
> recall correctly.
>
> Going to my first ABLA sanctioned bike race ever and seeing
> three
> complete new Hi-E race bikes helped persuade me that this
> hobby/sport/
> culture of cycling was the thing to do. And 36 years later
> I'm still
> glad I decided to follow this path.
>
> Todd Teachout
> Hercules, CA
>
>
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