Mavic GP-4 rims (for sew-ups), 15 g stainless steel spokes laced 3x, Campy SR low flange hubs. Rear wheel dished for 6-speed FW. Wheels built by Nashbar in the mid-80s and still being ridden.
Steve Whitting
"The Ciocc Cat"
Prairieville, Louisiana USA
Website at http://ciocc-cat.angelfire.com/
From: cmontgomery <cmontgomery15@cox.net> Subject: Re: [CR] Strong/Longlived Wheels To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Date: Sunday, August 23, 2009, 9:03 PM
> Jerome & Elizabeth Moos wrote:
> The biggest key to a strong
> > wheel is uniform spoke tension. This cannot be achieved that well on
> > a dished rear wheel, but it should be possible to achieve fairly
> > uniform tension on a front wheel
As an aside, my loyal, trustworthy, and hardworking MA-2 built onto a Maillard fixed-free finally died. First an eyelet popped out a couple years ago, but I kept on commuting on it. Finally the rim cracked at another eyelet after tightening the spokes (too much me thinks). I bought the Maillard, 15/16 DT's, and rim new and built 'em up in 1985. Can't complain about that.
Craig Montgomery
Tucson