Re: [CR] clunky gp4's

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Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2010 19:07:02 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Steve Whitting" <ciocc_cat@yahoo.com>
To: jmpiwonka@yahoo.com, Peter Koskinen <prkbikes1@mac.com>
In-Reply-To: <78AE0B28-1338-44E5-94C7-125091F805CF@mac.com>
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR] clunky gp4's


When I fatally warped a pair of early "aero clinchers" after a crash in 1983, I went back to sew-ups: Mavic GP-4 rims 36 hole with straight 15 gauge stainless spokes laced 3x on Campy Super Record low-flange hubs.  Standard 6-speed rear hub.  I'm STILL riding those same wheels today on my Ciocc. They may not be the lightest, but they can sure take a lickin' and keep on rollin'. Perhaps even more amazing: my wife's 1980-ish Colnago Super has the wheels that came off my old Raleigh Pro Mk 4: Campy Nuovo Record 36 hole high-flange hubs, DT straight 15 gauge spokes laced 3x to AVA rims.  I raced those wheels (with Clement Criterium Seta Extras) as a Senior 4 in 1977-78 and they're STILL true over 30 years later!

Steve Whitting

Prairieville, Louisiana USA

Website at http://ciocc-cat.angelfire.com/


--- On Wed, 7/7/10, Peter Koskinen wrote:


From: Peter Koskinen <prkbikes1@mac.com> Subject: [CR] clunky gp4's To: jmpiwonka@yahoo.com Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Date: Wednesday, July 7, 2010, 7:54 PM

Jeff,

Do you want Olde School version or the new school version?   i'll have to check but I believe I have some of those as well as FIR, Campagnolo, Ambrosio, and SUN. The Sun Vista Cruisers will support a huge tire as well as take the punishment like the older GP4's.

Cheers,

peter
Peter Koskinen
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