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Peter Maydell
Guest
I'm looking for some 451mm rims for my Raleigh Twenty (the back wheel
needs rebuilding anyway, so it seems like a good time to get rid of
the no-braking-in-the-wet steel rim.) Unfortunately it looks as if
they're a bit hard to get hold of...
SJS Cycles list one 451mm rim, but (a) 36 hole and I need 28 and
(b) it's steel anyway.
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=19958
seems OK but not due in stock until August. (I'm assuming that
"BMX rim" doesn't actually mean "bizarre rim not suitable for
non-BMX bike".)
Googling for the last time this came up here brought up bikefix
and futurecycles as suggestions; but the former doesn't seem to
have 451 rims and the latter no rims at all. The other option
in the archives involved importing from the US, which seems like
a lot of hassle :-(
None of the online shops (with the honourable exception of SJS)
seem to let you say "show me only rims in the size I actually
care about" either.
Can anybody suggest anywhere else to look? (Plan B would be
to give up on the Twenty and buy a Brompton instead )
Thanks in advance
-- PMM
needs rebuilding anyway, so it seems like a good time to get rid of
the no-braking-in-the-wet steel rim.) Unfortunately it looks as if
they're a bit hard to get hold of...
SJS Cycles list one 451mm rim, but (a) 36 hole and I need 28 and
(b) it's steel anyway.
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=19958
seems OK but not due in stock until August. (I'm assuming that
"BMX rim" doesn't actually mean "bizarre rim not suitable for
non-BMX bike".)
Googling for the last time this came up here brought up bikefix
and futurecycles as suggestions; but the former doesn't seem to
have 451 rims and the latter no rims at all. The other option
in the archives involved importing from the US, which seems like
a lot of hassle :-(
None of the online shops (with the honourable exception of SJS)
seem to let you say "show me only rims in the size I actually
care about" either.
Can anybody suggest anywhere else to look? (Plan B would be
to give up on the Twenty and buy a Brompton instead )
Thanks in advance
-- PMM