[CR] Weinmann Wood filled rims and I just don't get along

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Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 11:31:06 -0700
From: "sean flores" <seaneee175@gmail.com>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR] Weinmann Wood filled rims and I just don't get along


Just a bit of a vent about something I think was never meant to be.

Being trying to restore a '64 paramount p14c. I've found most of the period correct parts, but the weinmann wood filled rims have been a huge issue. It's not that I can't find them, it's that they keep slipping by.

I first bought three for a very reasonable price on ebay from a German seller. It's been over 10 months now and they never showed up. No paypal protection on this one and time frame ran out. Seller is cordial and even opened a post inquiry, but nothing.

Then a couple days ago someone listed some FB track hubs on ebay with a note in the auction that he had a set of wood filled wienmanns if anyone was interested. So I email him.

He explains how he wished I would have emailed him earlier as he just took several sets to the "pitch" (dump) because he felt nobody was interested. He went on to say that they had sentimental value and he would have just given them to me.

I figure that I have to loose them one more time to round this out to three losses. Then maybe I'll find some!

Sean Flores
San Francisco, CA
USA