Neil Cherry wrote:
On 12 Mar 2005 11:20:35 -0800, wrote:


I'm riding 27" x 1 1/8" tires on Weinmann A-129 rims, ordinary
Shimano
hubs and butted DT spokes. These things date from the late 1970s!

OK, now here's the weird thing, I took one of my shot rims and put a
Weinmann rim on it (so I built it on reused parts) and that one is in
good condition. One of these days I'm going to take it off the 32
hole, 7 speed an move it up to one of my 32 hole 9 speed wrecks. That
rim is great!

Hmm. It occurs to me, I'm running 36 spokes. I wonder how much
difference that makes?