jm
Senior Retro Guru
Didn’t know I had one. Was sorting tat pulled the tub off and started cleaning it. Another odd one off in my ever growing collection of odd bits.
Milremo wood insert rim.
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Jonny69
Senior Retro Guru
I have a 40 hole Milremo Scheeren rim hanging up in the shed. They started making them in the 30s but I think my one is 50s. I think it’s got a Record sticker on it too. With those hubs (and the way the decals look) I’d say yours are mid to late 50s.
I can’t find any information anywhere about them, other than a basic mention. I was sort of hoping I might find a 32 hole one to go with it, but I gave up that hope years ago!
I can’t find any information anywhere about them, other than a basic mention. I was sort of hoping I might find a 32 hole one to go with it, but I gave up that hope years ago!
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You seem to have those 8 ounce Scheeren rims, I built a number of these back in the 50/60s. They were a bit fragile when new, so, if you build them do not tighten them like a modern rim. They had an amazing feel on the road with a 6 ounce tubular.
In fact they were so prone to damage in transit that I always ordered them from Ron to be packed inside a crate lot (25 pairs) of other rims.
Mrs, K used hers from 1966 to 1977, and they were then hung up and forgotten, until I sold most of our bikes. They were then polished and built into useful wheels being some 50 years old.
Keith
Forgot: The Weimann wood insert had a single strip of wood right round, the Scheerens were separate blocks of some laminated wood curved to fit the rim.
You seem to have those 8 ounce Scheeren rims, I built a number of these back in the 50/60s. They were a bit fragile when new, so, if you build them do not tighten them like a modern rim. They had an amazing feel on the road with a 6 ounce tubular.
In fact they were so prone to damage in transit that I always ordered them from Ron to be packed inside a crate lot (25 pairs) of other rims.
Mrs, K used hers from 1966 to 1977, and they were then hung up and forgotten, until I sold most of our bikes. They were then polished and built into useful wheels being some 50 years old.
Keith
Forgot: The Weimann wood insert had a single strip of wood right round, the Scheerens were separate blocks of some laminated wood curved to fit the rim.
