Poor OP. Coming here wanting a bike fixed up ..... with such a simple thing as a wheel and bloody tyre question to ride an old bike
Just came off the phone with my Dad and asked a few questions thinking of this thread:
- My father was the first member of Congleton CC who bought Italian Fiamme sprint rims in a time period 1956 - 1958.
- They were so expensive to quote "cleaned me out".
- He thinks that the Italian bike industry had a bit more edge than the French sprint rim industry.
- He reckons the rich southern Londoners may have had sprint rims as early as 1952.
- He can't recall that the British ever made a tubular for a sprint rim.
We already know the CB is around 1953. I'm more than ever convinced now the CB was bought as a serious starter by a young chap, re-purposed from catalogue spec to have some fun and have a crack at hill climb races with a lightweight wheel set.
The Carpenter was his main daily rider sometime later.
Just came off the phone with my Dad and asked a few questions thinking of this thread:
- My father was the first member of Congleton CC who bought Italian Fiamme sprint rims in a time period 1956 - 1958.
- They were so expensive to quote "cleaned me out".
- He thinks that the Italian bike industry had a bit more edge than the French sprint rim industry.
- He reckons the rich southern Londoners may have had sprint rims as early as 1952.
- He can't recall that the British ever made a tubular for a sprint rim.
We already know the CB is around 1953. I'm more than ever convinced now the CB was bought as a serious starter by a young chap, re-purposed from catalogue spec to have some fun and have a crack at hill climb races with a lightweight wheel set.
The Carpenter was his main daily rider sometime later.