Dave is right. Ric has been very helpful. He also provided (though I don't see them on Ebay now) 40 hole rims. They look great on my Bates BAR.
Paul Patzkowsky
Longmont, Colorado
> Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2009 08:46:08 -0800
> From: dlr94306@yahoo.com
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: Re: [CR] Wooden wheels rims
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> 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:
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> http://wheelfanatyk.blogspot.com/
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> Dave Ross
> Portola Valley, California
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> Paul wrote:
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> 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.
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> Paul Patzkowsky
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> Longmont, Colorado