Re: [CR] Wooden wheels rims

(Example: Production Builders:Peugeot)

Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2009 08:46:08 -0800
From: "David Ross" <dlr94306@yahoo.com>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR] Wooden wheels rims


Paul's supplier in Seattle may be Ric Hjertberg, a widely respected bicycle wheel expert who now has a specialty business supporting the use of wood rims for bicycle wheels (some of you may remember Wheelsmith, the company founded back in on-topic times by Ric, his brother Jon and David Long). Ric's daily commuter bike, ridden rain or shine uses wood rims. If you are interested in a source for most anything you could ever want to know about wood rims on bicycles, check out his blog:

http://wheelfanatyk.blogspot.com/2008/01/wood-bicycles.html

Dave Ross Portola Valley, California

Paul wrote:

I have two sets of wheels built with wood rims for tubulars.  One on a fixed gear and the other for a derailleur equipped bike.  You do need cork pads or pads designed for Kevlar (?) rims ie, Swisstop yellow pads.  My supplier is Seattle based and insists that one can ride them in the rain but, since I live in Colorado, I don't really have that problem. ;-)  I do enjoy riding those two bikes very much.  I've been up to 50 mph and lived so I think that they're reliable.  If only the tubular tires were too.

Paul Patzkowsky

Longmont, Colorado