For a few extra hundred clams you can retain those wooden rims.
Robert Dean has 28” tubular replacement tires for $300-$350 in black, white and red.
If I could save these rims you can save yours.
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All it takes is time and patience. Lots of patience.
Here’s how I did it....
The wasp is on the right with the display rims off of the Century Marathon, left. Here’s the front rim as found.... This is the front rim from the Wasp after a scrubbing and soak in hot water followed by an afternoon spent between two truck tool boxes in the 100 degree Texas heat. This...
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Also I have a pair of used wood grips very similar to yours.