28” Roadster rims.

[Theodore Schefelbein]

Sometime back, at one of the monthly meetings, someone brought up the fact that 28” wheels were available at one of the European bike shops. Because, I didn’t need any at that moment, I paid more attention to my beer, sausage and German potato salad than I did to the conversation.

But, an acquaintance is in serious need of a pair of said rims, and if someone here could provide a link to the shop that had them, I’d be most grateful.

Thanks in advance!

Ted

[jon gentlemancyclist.com]

https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/rims-28-635/?geoc=US

St. John's St Cycles has them plus, if you have drum brakes, they can supply them in black.

STO-E

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In addition, our "First Wednesday" meeting happens next week. Waldmanns as usual, on the 4th of December. The wurst ugly sweater wins, uh, something.

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[Luckyrob]

I have a new looking chrome wheelset that I have been saving for years built up with coaster brake 700 C (622mm).  To save shipping I could deliver in May for 3SPT  If interested email me direct at ral...@shaw.ca and I could send pictures. They are really hard to find in this condition in our area and you have lots of flexibility in tire choice. You just missed someone from Minneapolis was here in Winnipeg picking up my Paratrooper.  Still suffering from seller remorse but I keep telling myself you can't keep everything.

[Theodore Schefelbein]

Er…..the wheel set this gent is seeking is 28 X 1 1/2”, or, 635 size.

700s, I think, would likely be a bit out of place on a DL-1 Roadster. There is that whole rod brake thing…..

Ted

[Aaron Whaley]

Dutch Bike Bits

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[Luckyrob]

Getting hard to find tires and rims for 635 mm at least here in Canada that is why I stopped using 635 mm on the CCM's and went to 622 mm the height difference is 1/4" if my calculations are right and slightly larger tires make that up and then some. Started buying 584 mm rims to replace 590 and 597 mm same reasons.  The choice of tires in 622 and 584 is really good here and the quality of the older size tires is getting very limited and low quality.  It could be different in Minneapolis but the shops we go to there it is the case as well.  My friend orders his roadster rims and tires from Holland I think as well but shipping is getting worse and worse not to mention the Canadian dollar.

[Tim Long]

Yup.  I bought a pair of 28 inchers, of the made-in-India variety (K & W?) from Yellow Jersey Cycle , Arlington near Madison, Wis.  Pretty reasonable. They have a website, but I"m of the impression only because someone told them they have to.  Better to just call him up, in my experience 608-257-4737.  The chrome appears to be pretty OK, but I think if / when I have to fix a flat and remount the red line tires I got from him, I'll take some emery cloth to the tire's bead area.  A very tight fit - don't know if it was the tires or the rims.

I"m running a new valve (heart)(the aorta) since August, and it's a smashing success.  Back on the DL-1 last month, and climbing the long grade out of the Big River Valley without incident.  I did catch up on a lot of reading this Fall...

Tim

On Friday, November 29, 2024 at 11:15:05 AM UTC-6 Theodore Schefelbein wrote:

[Theodore Schefelbein]

Tim,

Good to see you posting, and, congrats on the success with the new valve. Hope it’s a Schrader, the Presta’s suck.

I have a pair of NOS Dunlap 28” hoops, but, both are 36 hole. With a 36 hole AW I could build a new set of wheels, if I had to. Roadster parts are catch as catch can.

Ted

[Owen Lloyd]

  Chrome steel 635 iso (28") rims are in stock at Yellow Jersey in Wisconsin.  I bought a pair late summer.  Good quality, good price.

=Owen

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[Kathy Pace]

The 700c Ryde v38 works as perfectly with rod brakes as that same rim does in the original 28 x 1-1/2" size -- IF you strip off the black enamel on the painted version (which is not too stubborn coming off, using nasty chemical stripper; and then they polish up beautifully.)  The DL1's rods will accomodate several inches of handlebar height adjustment, and the difference between the 2 rim sizes (635 vs 622) is only 6.5mm in radius, not enough to look different--plus, you gain that 1/4" of fender clearance, allowing use of a much greater variety of tire options, including vastly much better quality tires, and the ride is so dramatically transformed with the alloy rims and some better-grade 700 x 47s (or 43's or 45's...) I heartily recommend that route. 

If you don't want the bother of stripping the paint off the black V38s, (which used to be available polished but no longer are) Ridewill (Italy) sells 2 nearly similar-looking  Westwood alloy rims that come unpainted, with a silver matte (or maybe 'satin') finish, one by MVTek and another by Bernardi, both good, but harder to polish to a chrome-like luster IMO than the Ryde V38 (once the paint is off.)

--Mark

On Saturday, November 30, 2024 at 8:33:24 PM UTC-6 Theodore Schefelbein wrote:

[Theodore Schefelbein]

You would still have to replace the 40 hole hub with a 36 hole if you went that route.

I’ve only used one version of the 635 tire on the bikes that live here. The Schwalbe “Marathon” tires are installed on both of our Roadsters, my son has run them on about 5 Lake Pepin Tours, and used his Roadster as a daily training regimen for his high school mountain bike racing team endeavors. Pedaling the Roadster about is like pedaling a dump truck when compared to his carbon fiber Orbea mountain bike, and a more intense cardio workout. I have no reason to doubt this.He has a bunch of miles and hard use on them, and there is a bunch left. They wear like iron.

One could lodge the complaint that they weigh like iron as well, but, if you are on a Roadster, weight likely wasn't very high on your list of concerns,  just guessing.

Somewhere between 60 and 63 years of age, I came to the realization that riding a Roadster on the Tour was a decision that left you struck with consequence. The boy, makes it look easy.

Ted