I'm a fan of my 27" wheeled two speed. I love those large diameter 1 &1/4" tires. I just re-dished my wheels and moved the hub over on the axle and viola a nice strong light wheel. These are old 80's Araya non eyeleted rims and Suzue hubs. I have around 2000 miles at my best estimate on them and who knows how many were on them by the previous owner. I haven't broken a spoke yet and the nipples haven't pulled through so.........my idea is, use what you have and if you can afford it get the best for your most used bike. I have another set of used wheels (Mavic A719's and 105's) and they are simply the best wheels I've ever ridden. Nice, smooth, true and round. I swear I can ride easier on those than any other bike. I agree that good wheels are a smart investment and far more important than most any other part of a bicycle except maybe the saddle.
On May 30, 9:29 am, Jim Cloud <cloud...@aol.com> wrote: > Due, perhaps, to the increasing popularity of fixed wheel bicycle > conversions from older lugged frame bikes of the 70's, etc. there are > now a number of easily available quality 27" tires. I own a 1977 > Schwinn P-15 Paramount, which was equipped with 27" wheels. There was > a dirth of decent 27" tires for years, but I think the situation has > changed considerably. > > For example, Panaracer makes a 27" x 1", 1 1/8" or 1 1/4" Pasela tire > (including the TG Tour Guard types), these are quality tires that are > obviously much better than the crap that used to be available for 27" > wheelsets. There are also good 27" tires available from Vittoria > (Zaffiro and Rubino Tech), another tire that is available is the > Vredestein Perfect Moiree. The latter tire is promoted as being > especially suitable for commuting or long distance touring. > > Any of the tires I've mentioned, are in my opinion quite suitable for > a bicycle that is intended for commuting. > > My 2 cents, > Jim > > On May 30, 2:50 am, Shakesbiker <pbdemar...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I am sorely tempted to buy the ultimate touring wheelset available > > from the Riv. web specials site. It would be used to convert 27" to > > the more readily available 700 wheels on an old Centurion Pro Tour. > > My dilema? Since I recently bought a (new to me) Saluki, I had > > planned on relogating the Centurion to a commuting / rain bike. The > > wheels with Phil hub and Schmidt Son 28 would be worth a lot more than > > the bike. Am I foolish? > > Thoughts and/or advise would be appreciated. > > Thanks --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
