if anyone has some of these clunky rims to get rid of i could use two in a 32h drilling.
i can make do with the older gold labels or the newer purple and yellow labels.
a gl330 in 32h drilling would be a possibility for the front also.
thanks,
Jeff Piwonka
Austin, Texas USA.
> From: dtshifter@aol.com <dtshifter@aol.com>
\r?\n> Subject: Re: [CR] Frame stiffness NOW 3V
\r?\n> To: kohl57@yahoo.com, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
\r?\n> Date: Wednesday, July 7, 2010, 2:31 PM
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Dear Peter,
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n> "....the spec'ing of clunky GP-4 rims...."
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Why do you think these are "clunky?" Even Mavic
\r?\n> referred to the early ones (c. 1980) as the SSCs "for the
\r?\n> masses." The early versions (with the gold label)
\r?\n> weighed 400 grams, while the later version gained 80 grams.
\r?\n>
\r?\n> I suppose with your body weight, you could ride scary light
\r?\n> rims, but there is usually a price to pay for them on "real
\r?\n> world roads."
\r?\n>
\r?\n> I have put many miles on GP-4s (still have two bikes shod
\r?\n> with the rims) and consider them one of the classic rims
\r?\n> from the 80s.
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Just my thoughts.......
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Chuck Brooks
\r?\n> Malta, NY NEUSA
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n> -----Original Message-----
\r?\n> From: P.C. Kohler <kohl57@yahoo.com>
\r?\n> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
\r?\n> Sent: Wed, Jul 7, 2010 3:07 pm
\r?\n> Subject: Re: [CR] Frame stiffness NOW 3V
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n> "I think 3 V bikes are just sheer joy to ride, I am
\r?\n> continually surprised
\r?\n>
\r?\n> they are not in as hot a demand as some other bikes.
\r?\n> Kind of a Cult thing,
\r?\n>
\r?\n> I guess.
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Tom Sanders"
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Must be, for me my first ride on my 3v was like
\r?\n> rediscovering cycling all over
\r?\n>
\r?\n> again. There's the stiffness (which people who'd be happier
\r?\n> on a Raleigh
\r?\n>
\r?\n> International sometimes call "harsh" but it's really just
\r?\n> stiff) with a pick-up
\r?\n>
\r?\n> that makes you think you've borrowed Eric Heiden's thighs
\r?\n> and then there's the
\r?\n>
\r?\n> stability; these things track as true as a GG1
\r?\n> locomotive... extraordinary
\r?\n>
\r?\n> really and there's nothing like it. The paint is crap, the
\r?\n> decals and graphics
\r?\n>
\r?\n> cheap and cheesy looking (Masi always seemed to weak in
\r?\n> this respect) and the
\r?\n>
\r?\n> stock components suffered from the transition away from
\r?\n> Super Record titanium
\r?\n>
\r?\n> and the spec'ing of clunky GP-4 rims, but no matter, this
\r?\n> is one remarkable
\r?\n>
\r?\n> ride.
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Peter Kohler
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Washington DC USA