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EARLY MOTORCYCLE RIMS? Need help identifying these:

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Wore out three sets of tires already!
Hey everybody,

Looking for some help identifying these rims if that is even possible. Looking to put them in the for sale section, I just don’t know what they are. I took these in trade in Southern Ca. about 15 years ago thinking they were a bit interesting. I believe these are early motorcycle rims (teens or ‘20’s?) that have some more contemporary hubs laced into them.

What I see:
  • Looks like a 26” wheel that accepted a tire larger than a 2.125” balloon, maybe a 26” x 3”.
  • Profile is a full 1” deep.
  • No flange or rolled lip so glue-on tires?
  • Look to be faded CAD plating or maybe even galvanized, with clear traces of very thin black pinstripes.
  • Width across rim is roughly 2 3/16ths of an inch.
  • Heavy duty spokes and front hubs installed, with rear hub from Mexico.
  • Didn’t measure thickness yet with a micrometer to determine what guage steel was used, but these wheels are heavy, stout.


What say you?

I appreciate your input and expertise!

Mike

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I don't think these are motorcycle; maybe a Workman tricycle that once had solid shop tires or heavy duty pneumatics.
 
Cwc had the All American with 27" single tube tires in 1936 I believe, but they weren't this same cross section. Those were almost like a triple step.
 
I don't think these are motorcycle; maybe a Workman tricycle that once had solid shop tires or heavy duty pneumatics.
Thanks for your input Brant... while there are three wheels, the hubs are from the 70's-80's is my guess, and most trikes run off a center drive hub/axles for the rear with a drum brake in the front so I don't think these are three wheels from an adult trike.

Looking at just the rims, I am convinced they are much older, and were re-purposed.
 
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