Thank you to everyone for your replies to my post.
The dearth of correct rims is certainly a dilemma which is not going to resolve itself for those of us who are restoring and riding British bikes built up to the early-1950s. There has been a revival of 650B out of a French tradition so why no interest in a modern reissue of English 26 x 1 1/4" EA1's? Given that British bikes were more common in North America from an early date I would have thought there would be a market? Even for those of us who have been able to find period-correct rims what will we do in the future to replace those should they become damaged?
Food for thought.
Paul Williams, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Dr. Paul B. Williams, BAH, MPhil, PhD Instructor, Dept. of Geography and Environmental Studies, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada