which is stronger, 28" steel or aluminum?

[tonyfranciozi]

I'm working on rebuilding the wheels on a raleigh DL-1 and have two
different choices for rims. The original 28" steel rims with rounded
sides for rod brakes, or a pair of new 28" weinmann aluminum rims that
can take either rod or caliper brakes. I plan on sticking with the
original rod brakes. My question here is which rims are stronger, I'm
assuming steel but i'd like to hear other opinions.

thanks

 

[landotter]

On Aug 2, 2:42 pm, tonyfranciozi <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm working on rebuilding the wheels on a raleigh DL-1 and have two
> different choices for rims. The original 28" steel rims with rounded
> sides for rod brakes, or a pair of new 28" weinmann aluminum rims that
> can take either rod or caliper brakes. I plan on sticking with the
> original rod brakes. My question here is which rims are stronger, I'm
> assuming steel but i'd like to hear other opinions.
>
Aluminum is far far better--but I didn't think they made roadster rims
in aluminum. Sure they're not mis-labeled 622mm rims?? The DL-1 rod
brakes are very cool--but pretty ineffective, so if an alloy rim
exists, it would be silly not to use it.

 

[tonyfranciozi]

On Aug 2, 3:47 pm, landotter <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Aug 2, 2:42 pm, tonyfranciozi <[email protected]> wrote:> I'm working on rebuilding the wheels on a raleigh DL-1 and have two
> > different choices for rims. The original 28" steel rims with rounded
> > sides for rod brakes, or a pair of new 28" weinmann aluminum rims that
> > can take either rod or caliper brakes. I plan on sticking with the
> > original rod brakes. My question here is which rims are stronger, I'm
> > assuming steel but i'd like to hear other opinions.
>
> Aluminum is far far better--but I didn't think they made roadster rims
> in aluminum. Sure they're not mis-labeled 622mm rims?? The DL-1 rod
> brakes are very cool--but pretty ineffective, so if an alloy rim
> exists, it would be silly not to use it.

believe it or not the rims are in fact 28", i'm trying to secure a
rod actuated drum brake for the rear making the use of rod brakes in
the front less of an issue.

 

[Nate Knutson]

On Aug 2, 12:47 pm, landotter <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Aug 2, 2:42 pm, tonyfranciozi <[email protected]> wrote:> I'm working on rebuilding the wheels on a raleigh DL-1 and have two
> > different choices for rims. The original 28" steel rims with rounded
> > sides for rod brakes, or a pair of new 28" weinmann aluminum rims that
> > can take either rod or caliper brakes. I plan on sticking with the
> > original rod brakes. My question here is which rims are stronger, I'm
> > assuming steel but i'd like to hear other opinions.
>
> Aluminum is far far better--but I didn't think they made roadster rims
> in aluminum. Sure they're not mis-labeled 622mm rims??

If they are 622, which they probably are, then they wouldn't actually
be mislabelled per se, because ' 28" ' is also sometimes used as a
nominal label for 622. http://sheldonbrown.com/tire-sizing.html#fraction
.. Sucks, huh?

 

[Joel Mayes]

On 2007-08-02, Nate Knutson <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Aug 2, 12:47 pm, landotter <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On Aug 2, 2:42 pm, tonyfranciozi <[email protected]> wrote:> I'm working on rebuilding the wheels on a raleigh DL-1 and have two
>> > different choices for rims. The original 28" steel rims with rounded
>> > sides for rod brakes, or a pair of new 28" weinmann aluminum rims that
>> > can take either rod or caliper brakes. I plan on sticking with the
>> > original rod brakes. My question here is which rims are stronger, I'm
>> > assuming steel but i'd like to hear other opinions.
>>
>> Aluminum is far far better--but I didn't think they made roadster rims
>> in aluminum. Sure they're not mis-labeled 622mm rims??
>
> If they are 622, which they probably are, then they wouldn't actually
> be mislabelled per se, because ' 28" ' is also sometimes used as a
> nominal label for 622. http://sheldonbrown.com/tire-sizing.html#fraction
> . Sucks, huh?

When I have a customer who wants a tyre, just standard size mate, I have
great fun telling them there at least seven 26" tyre sizes and that 27"
is actually larger then 28"


Cheers

Joel
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[landotter]

On Aug 2, 5:29 pm, Joel Mayes <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 2007-08-02, Nate Knutson <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > On Aug 2, 12:47 pm, landotter <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> On Aug 2, 2:42 pm, tonyfranciozi <[email protected]> wrote:> I'm working on rebuilding the wheels on a raleigh DL-1 and have two
> >> > different choices for rims. The original 28" steel rims with rounded
> >> > sides for rod brakes, or a pair of new 28" weinmann aluminum rims that
> >> > can take either rod or caliper brakes. I plan on sticking with the
> >> > original rod brakes. My question here is which rims are stronger, I'm
> >> > assuming steel but i'd like to hear other opinions.
>
> >> Aluminum is far far better--but I didn't think they made roadster rims
> >> in aluminum. Sure they're not mis-labeled 622mm rims??
>
> > If they are 622, which they probably are, then they wouldn't actually
> > be mislabelled per se, because ' 28" ' is also sometimes used as a
> > nominal label for 622.http://sheldonbrown.com/tire-sizing.html#fraction
> > . Sucks, huh?
>
> When I have a customer who wants a tyre, just standard size mate, I have
> great fun telling them there at least seven 26" tyre sizes and that 27"
> is actually larger then 28"

28" is what I'd consider roadster size, and what the vast majority of
the bikes in the world use. It's 635mm. 27" bikes are 630mm. However
I'm aware that Swedes and fellow European have been calling 622mm
"28" for years, which is unfortunate.

 

[still me]

On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 22:41:11 -0000, landotter <[email protected]>
wrote:

>28" is what I'd consider roadster size, and what the vast majority of
>the bikes in the world use. It's 635mm. 27" bikes are 630mm. However
>I'm aware that Swedes and fellow European have been calling 622mm
>"28" for years, which is unfortunate.

Not to be confused with 29".

 

[landotter]

On Aug 2, 6:39 pm, still me <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 22:41:11 -0000, landotter <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> >28" is what I'd consider roadster size, and what the vast majority of
> >the bikes in the world use. It's 635mm. 27" bikes are 630mm. However
> >I'm aware that Swedes and fellow European have been calling 622mm
> >"28" for years, which is unfortunate.
>
> Not to be confused with 29".

Damn thee!

I hate that term. I bet it was coined by marketers, as "Nine'er"
sounds less dykey than "Eight'er".

 

[Tom \Johnny Sunset\ Sherman]

Nate Knutson wrote:
>
> If they are 622, which they probably are, then they wouldn't actually
> be mislabelled per se, because ' 28" ' is also sometimes used as a
> nominal label for 622. http://sheldonbrown.com/tire-sizing.html#fraction
> . Sucks, huh?

I have seen a certain Benelux bicycle manufacturer list the tire size on
their ISO 622-mm wheel bicycles as 28".

If I were Bicycle Emperor, my first act would be to ban all non-ISO
system tire/rim sizing labels.

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
The weather is here, wish you were beautiful

--
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[Tom \Johnny Sunset\ Sherman]

Joel Mayes wrote:
> ...
> When I have a customer who wants a tyre, just standard size mate, I have
> great fun telling them there at least seven 26" tyre sizes and that 27"
> is actually larger then 28"

I have the opposite experience. I go into a LBS and say I need both an
ISO 305-mm and an ISO 406-mm tube, and get blank looks from the clerk.

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
The weather is here, wish you were beautiful

--
Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com

 

[Tom \Johnny Sunset\ Sherman]

landotter who? wrote:
> On Aug 2, 6:39 pm, still me <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 22:41:11 -0000, landotter <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> 28" is what I'd consider roadster size, and what the vast majority of
>>> the bikes in the world use. It's 635mm. 27" bikes are 630mm. However
>>> I'm aware that Swedes and fellow European have been calling 622mm
>>> "28" for years, which is unfortunate.
>> Not to be confused with 29".
>
> Damn thee!
>
> I hate that term. I bet it was coined by marketers, as "Nine'er"
> sounds less dykey than "Eight'er".

Then there is the Trek "69er" - no joke! [1]
<http://www2.trekbikes.com/Bikes/2007/mountain/69er.html>

[1] At least on my part - looking at the bike, one wonders what exactly
the cheeseheads in Waterloo are drinking.

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
The weather is here, wish you were beautiful

--
Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com

 

[datakoll]

off course,

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/tire-sizing.html

 

[datakoll]

On Aug 2, 11:03 pm, "Tom \"Johnny Sunset\" Sherman"
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Joel Mayes wrote:
> > ...
> > When I have a customer who wants a tyre, just standard size mate, I have
> > great fun telling them there at least seven 26" tyre sizes and that 27"
> > is actually larger then 28"
>
> I have the opposite experience. I go into a LBS and say I need both an
> ISO 305-mm and an ISO 406-mm tube, and get blank looks from the clerk.
>
> --
> Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
> The weather is here, wish you were beautiful
>
> --
> Posted via a free Usenet account fromhttp://www.teranews.com

searching for off road trekking frames, I found a trend away from
aluminum to steel.

 

[A Muzi]

> Joel Mayes wrote:
>> ...
>> When I have a customer who wants a tyre, just standard size mate, I have
>> great fun telling them there at least seven 26" tyre sizes and that 27"
>> is actually larger then 28"

Tom "Johnny Sunset" Sherman wrote:
> I have the opposite experience. I go into a LBS and say I need both an
> ISO 305-mm and an ISO 406-mm tube, and get blank looks from the clerk.

Today a perplexed customer, looking at a few dozen tube styles, told
Stacey, "At WalMart they just have Road, Mountain and Twenty-Inch".
--
Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

 

[sergio]

On Aug 3, 5:01 am, "Tom \"Johnny Sunset\" Sherman"
> If I were Bicycle Emperor, my first act would be to ban all non-ISO
> system tire/rim sizing labels.

Over here we would say:

'Santo subito!'


Sergio
Pisa

 

[Joel Mayes]

On 2007-08-03, Tom "Johnny Sunset" Sherman <[email protected]> wrote:
> landotter who? wrote:

>
> Then there is the Trek "69er" - no joke! [1]
><http://www2.trekbikes.com/Bikes/2007/mountain/69er.html>
>
> [1] At least on my part - looking at the bike, one wonders what exactly
> the cheeseheads in Waterloo are drinking.

Second ugliest bike I've seen all day!

I love the colour options ``Matte Root Beer''

I guess iit should sell better then last years ``Seat Of The Pants''
coloured model.

Cheers

Joel

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[Forbes B-Black]

On Aug 2, 12:42 pm, tonyfranciozi <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm working on rebuilding the wheels on a raleigh DL-1 and have two
> different choices for rims. The original 28" steel rims with rounded
> sides for rod brakes, or a pair of new 28" weinmann aluminum rims that
> can take either rod or caliper brakes. I plan on sticking with the
> original rod brakes. My question here is which rims are stronger, I'm
> assuming steel but i'd like to hear other opinions.
>
> thanks

Definitely go with the aluminum! You will be able to build a wheel
that is at least comparably strong when new, but will last much longer
because aluminum won't rust or have chrome peel off it. Also,
aluminum wheels are much easier to fix if they come out of true. And,
of course, they are MUCH lighter.

Where did you find the 28" aluminum rims?

Yours,

Forbes B-Black

 

[Michael Press]

In article
<[email protected]>
,
Forbes B-Black <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Aug 2, 12:42 pm, tonyfranciozi <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I'm working on rebuilding the wheels on a raleigh DL-1 and have two
> > different choices for rims. The original 28" steel rims with rounded
> > sides for rod brakes, or a pair of new 28" weinmann aluminum rims that
> > can take either rod or caliper brakes. I plan on sticking with the
> > original rod brakes. My question here is which rims are stronger, I'm
> > assuming steel but i'd like to hear other opinions.
> >
> > thanks
>
> Definitely go with the aluminum! You will be able to build a wheel
> that is at least comparably strong when new, but will last much longer
> because aluminum won't rust or have chrome peel off it. Also,
> aluminum wheels are much easier to fix if they come out of true. And,
> of course, they are MUCH lighter.

I do not know about the other stuff, but Al rims brake better.

> Where did you find the 28" aluminum rims?

--
Michael Press

 

[Zog The Undeniable]

tonyfranciozi wrote:
> I'm working on rebuilding the wheels on a raleigh DL-1 and have two
> different choices for rims. The original 28" steel rims with rounded
> sides for rod brakes, or a pair of new 28" weinmann aluminum rims that
> can take either rod or caliper brakes. I plan on sticking with the
> original rod brakes. My question here is which rims are stronger, I'm
> assuming steel but i'd like to hear other opinions.
>
> thanks
>
Normally aluminium, because steel can't be extruded into a box section.