26" race rims

belgiangoth
belgiangoth Posts: 2,849
edited June 2007 in Workshop
I'm doing a restoration job on an old roadster that used to have 26*1 1/4 rims. The front rim is 32 hole, the old rim is rusted to the point of cracking. the rear rim is a massive 40 hole (hub geared so central dishing, massively overly strengthened) I's heavy with rust but I don't think rusted through, I'd rather a replacement but could fix it up - probably.

Does anyone know where I can get a 26*1.25 rim with 32 or 40 holes, or failing that a thin 26" rim?

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  • MattBlackBigBoysBMX
    MattBlackBigBoysBMX Posts: 398
    26" ?
    That's standard MTB size, isn't it?

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  • belgiangoth
    belgiangoth Posts: 2,849
    <blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by MattBlackBigBoysBMX</i>

    26" ?
    That's standard MTB size, isn't it?<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">

    That's the one, though apparently they were once used for roadsters and are now used for touring.

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    The 26 which you have will almost certainly NOT be the same diameter as a modern 26 mtb wheel! Old 26ers were 590mm and mtbers 559mm.

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    PS Decent alloy old 26x1 1/4" rims/wheels come up occasionally on e.g. ebay.

    d.j.
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  • belgiangoth
    belgiangoth Posts: 2,849
    <blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by davej</i>

    The 26 which you have will almost certainly NOT be the same diameter as a modern 26 mtb wheel! Old 26ers were 590mm and mtbers 559mm.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">
    huzzah! I'll add that confusion to my tyre shopping then!
    Thanks for that

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