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Old 07-27-10 | 10:02 AM
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Bikes: 72 Peugeot UO-8, 82 Peugeot TH8, 87 Bianchi Brava, 76? Masi Grand Criterium, 74 Motobecane Champion Team, 86 & 77 Gazelle champion mondial, 81? Grandis, 82? Tommasini, 83 Peugeot PF10

Is this old rim usable?

Fiamme Yellow Label, square label, 27in, Schrader valve hole, 36 spokes of course. Probably dates to late 70's or early 80's. It's been hanging on my garage wall for much of this time. I measure it as round to 2mm, which is to say +/- 1mm, and flat to within 1mm. It has been lightly to moderately used, shows no sign of abuse. The spoke holes are all good. The braking surface is not worn. It is not flared anywhere from hitting a pothole. I see no fatigue cracks and it would not have seen much use to develop any.

I ask because I want to build it up on a 126mm hub freewheel. My LBS (a well-know shop which normally supports vintage bikes well) took it to build the wheel I wanted. I discussed all this with them at the time. Now three weeks later they didn't bother to call me and say the builder wouldn't do it. Since I'm not saving any time having them do it I might as well do it myself. But I figured I'd ask here first.

(I have a matching rim on the front wheel already.)
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