22 hole rims?

[Velo Psycho]

I have a lovely, virtually unused campy nucleon front wheel. Problem
is, the previous owner rode it into a railroad track and cracked the
front rim. I don't believe that it can be repaired, as there is a
chunk of the rim missing.

A replacement rim is $250. The same wheel can be bought for about that
price (on closeout somewhere I saw...).

I'm wondering if anyone has a recommendation as to a 22 hole rim to use
the very nice hub with. I hate to see anything go to waste, but if it
needs to just become "bike art," then so be it.

 

[Paul Southworth]

In article <[email protected]>,
Velo Psycho <[email protected]> wrote:
>I have a lovely, virtually unused campy nucleon front wheel. Problem
>is, the previous owner rode it into a railroad track and cracked the
>front rim. I don't believe that it can be repaired, as there is a
>chunk of the rim missing.
>
>A replacement rim is $250. The same wheel can be bought for about that
>price (on closeout somewhere I saw...).
>
>I'm wondering if anyone has a recommendation as to a 22 hole rim to use
>the very nice hub with. I hate to see anything go to waste, but if it
>needs to just become "bike art," then so be it.

Sun used to sell "blanks" you can drill any way you want, not sure if they
still do. http://sun-ringle.com

(This doesn't seem worth the trouble to me, just for the sake of saving
a hub. At least it's a free axle set.)

--Paul

 

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Paul Southworth wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> Velo Psycho <[email protected]> wrote:
> >I have a lovely, virtually unused campy nucleon front wheel.
Problem
> >is, the previous owner rode it into a railroad track and cracked the
> >front rim. I don't believe that it can be repaired, as there is a
> >chunk of the rim missing.
> >
> >A replacement rim is $250. The same wheel can be bought for about
that
> >price (on closeout somewhere I saw...).
> >
> >I'm wondering if anyone has a recommendation as to a 22 hole rim to
use
> >the very nice hub with. I hate to see anything go to waste, but if
it
> >needs to just become "bike art," then so be it.
>
> Sun used to sell "blanks" you can drill any way you want, not sure if
they
> still do. http://sun-ringle.com
>
> (This doesn't seem worth the trouble to me, just for the sake of
saving
> a hub. At least it's a free axle set.)
>
> --Paul


A friend of mine who worked at an LBS was told by Velocity USA pretty
recently that they would sell him blank rims. Personally, even if Sun
sells them too, I wouldn't want to bother with a Sun rim for this kind
of project.