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26 x 1" clinchers, 36 holes.
Asking $100 for the pair plus actual shipping. I don't charge for boxing, just what PirateShip (or whoever we choose) charges to ship.
These appear to be rare. I'm no Schwinn expert but I searched the internet and only got about 3 hits, mostly on The CABE, where they were discussed as found on a 1949 New World. Apparently they were an expensive option.
They fit tires with a 597 mm bead-seat diameter, to fit Schwinn 26 x 1" "Puff" tires, or English-racer style 26 x 1-1/4", or Schwinn 26 x 1-3/8" Note, they do NOT fit English-style 26 x 1-3/8", which caused much confusion BITD. ("Whataya mean, two different 26 x 1-3/8" sizes that are incompatible? Why on earth...?")
Kenda still makes 597 tires last time I checked, if you can't find period-correct rubber.
I have no idea where I got these. I just found then while cleaning out a part of the basement that hasn't been touched in over 25 years. So I don't know their history or why they were taken off whatever bike they were on.
I don't know if they're round and true, but they do appear to be a little out in both directions, or at least one of them is, because they don't match up perfectly when I lay them side by side. Maybe 2 or 3 mm out? I'm almost 100% sure I have built wheels with rims that were worse than this, and the spoke tension pulled them right into true. I do not see any dents or flat spots.
Unfortunately the only guarantee I can offer is money back if you're not happy when you recieve them. You would pay shipping in both directions if they need to be sent back, but I'll refund the full purchase price.
One rim had some parallel gouges between the brake-pad track and the spoke holes, same height on the rim all the way around, and mostly the same depth of gouge all the way around. Looks like a fender stay got jammed in there while the wheel was rotating, or maybe the metal brake shoe holder contacted the rim after the rubber fell out? Anyway I sanded the gouges most of the way out but you can still see them in places. The close-up photo probably makes it look worse than it is; they look great from 3 feet away.
I sended with 400 grit, and then polished on a buffing wheel, but I should have sanded to 600 or finer, because you can still see sanding scratches that didn't polish out. I'm not especially good at polishing I guess (total amateur in fact!) Anyway they look a million times better than before I started, and what I did doesn't prevent you from polishing them further if you want. Me, I'd use them as-is — 75 year old rims shouldn't look TOO perfect, right?
Unlike many modern alloy rims, these are solid cross-section (no hollow section). The plus side of that is there's no way to structurally weaken the rim by polishing. The minuscule amount of metal I took off didn't hurt them any.
Happy to answer any questions I can, and even happier to get more info from those of you who know more than I do (which is most people here).
Asking $100 for the pair plus actual shipping. I don't charge for boxing, just what PirateShip (or whoever we choose) charges to ship.
These appear to be rare. I'm no Schwinn expert but I searched the internet and only got about 3 hits, mostly on The CABE, where they were discussed as found on a 1949 New World. Apparently they were an expensive option.
They fit tires with a 597 mm bead-seat diameter, to fit Schwinn 26 x 1" "Puff" tires, or English-racer style 26 x 1-1/4", or Schwinn 26 x 1-3/8" Note, they do NOT fit English-style 26 x 1-3/8", which caused much confusion BITD. ("Whataya mean, two different 26 x 1-3/8" sizes that are incompatible? Why on earth...?")
Kenda still makes 597 tires last time I checked, if you can't find period-correct rubber.
I have no idea where I got these. I just found then while cleaning out a part of the basement that hasn't been touched in over 25 years. So I don't know their history or why they were taken off whatever bike they were on.
I don't know if they're round and true, but they do appear to be a little out in both directions, or at least one of them is, because they don't match up perfectly when I lay them side by side. Maybe 2 or 3 mm out? I'm almost 100% sure I have built wheels with rims that were worse than this, and the spoke tension pulled them right into true. I do not see any dents or flat spots.
Unfortunately the only guarantee I can offer is money back if you're not happy when you recieve them. You would pay shipping in both directions if they need to be sent back, but I'll refund the full purchase price.
One rim had some parallel gouges between the brake-pad track and the spoke holes, same height on the rim all the way around, and mostly the same depth of gouge all the way around. Looks like a fender stay got jammed in there while the wheel was rotating, or maybe the metal brake shoe holder contacted the rim after the rubber fell out? Anyway I sanded the gouges most of the way out but you can still see them in places. The close-up photo probably makes it look worse than it is; they look great from 3 feet away.
I sended with 400 grit, and then polished on a buffing wheel, but I should have sanded to 600 or finer, because you can still see sanding scratches that didn't polish out. I'm not especially good at polishing I guess (total amateur in fact!) Anyway they look a million times better than before I started, and what I did doesn't prevent you from polishing them further if you want. Me, I'd use them as-is — 75 year old rims shouldn't look TOO perfect, right?
Unlike many modern alloy rims, these are solid cross-section (no hollow section). The plus side of that is there's no way to structurally weaken the rim by polishing. The minuscule amount of metal I took off didn't hurt them any.
Happy to answer any questions I can, and even happier to get more info from those of you who know more than I do (which is most people here).
