Mack the fork
Look Ma, No Hands!
As I am nearly ready to assemble my hot rod ‘40 DX Bomber, I’ve now managed to
create another impediment to forward progress.
Although the wheel set is destined to be very cool : prewar Morrow, porkchop, double butted stainless spokes ….
I’m now balking on my choice if rims.
Currently I have some very nice , painted/striped S2 rims ; But S2’s are not
(to my knowledge) a prewar part.
And there is the rub.
My build parameters were to adhere to virtually everything being prewar Schwinn .
However, my wallet is of postwar vintage, and this is getting rather expensive.
I DO have a few sets of prewar drop center rims from some non Schwinn ballooners , but unlike the S2’s they’re not stamped “Schwinn”.
Question: Other than Lobdell, were most drop center rims unmarked and pretty much interchangeable between other bike brands? What is the history of prewar Schwinn ballooner rims vs the history of the S2 rims ?
Advice needed:
1) Should I go with unmarked, and possibly “non Schwinn”, drop center rims for a
“Prewar look”. ?
OR :
2) Should I just use the Painted S2’s
and “prewar authenticity be damned ?
create another impediment to forward progress.
Although the wheel set is destined to be very cool : prewar Morrow, porkchop, double butted stainless spokes ….
I’m now balking on my choice if rims.
Currently I have some very nice , painted/striped S2 rims ; But S2’s are not
(to my knowledge) a prewar part.
And there is the rub.
My build parameters were to adhere to virtually everything being prewar Schwinn .
However, my wallet is of postwar vintage, and this is getting rather expensive.
I DO have a few sets of prewar drop center rims from some non Schwinn ballooners , but unlike the S2’s they’re not stamped “Schwinn”.
Question: Other than Lobdell, were most drop center rims unmarked and pretty much interchangeable between other bike brands? What is the history of prewar Schwinn ballooner rims vs the history of the S2 rims ?
Advice needed:
1) Should I go with unmarked, and possibly “non Schwinn”, drop center rims for a
“Prewar look”. ?
OR :
2) Should I just use the Painted S2’s
and “prewar authenticity be damned ?