Originally Posted by pastorbobnlnh
Stan,
Just curious. I'm working on my '66 Paramount restoration and want to go back from the tubulars (that the second owner installed) to clinchers. Are you running 27 inch rims or 700c? I talked to Peter White (a wheel builder here in NH) and he thought I was foolish to use 27 inch rims despite the fact that is what originally it came equiped with from Chicago. Thanks for your's and any other thoughtful suggestions!
Bob
Originally Posted by spider-man
My thoughts on that are that unless you are restoring the bike with the original rims, 700c isn't a bad idea.
Hi Bob,
I agree with spider-man. I used Mavic MA3 700c rims and bought them as complete wheels (with hubs and spokes; so much for the big flange hubs
). They fit fine, except that I had to give up the original 5 cog Regina freewheel in favor of a Campy Veloce 9 speed cassette. It all works, except that the Campy downtube shifter doesn't have enough travel to reliably span all 9 sprockets, so I gave up the smallest (13T). I still have reliable travel across the remaining 8 sprockets (14T-26T), and with the 53T chainwheel I don't miss the small one.
I could have just bought new 700c rims and had them laced to the original hubs if I had really wanted to keep the big flange hubs and retain the Regina 5 speed freewheel, but I'm happy with the way it has turned out.
