VintageRide

I noticed that the aluminum tubular rims ( early '60's Super Champion ) on my Peschi are lightly embossed to create a textured surface, over years of use the rear one has been worn almost smooth but then the tiny multiple indentations do not go very deep - the sound made when braking is very reminiscent of a Peugeot UO 8 I had back in the day ( early '70's ) with the steel Rigida rims that had deeper and a more prominent pattern. I have not found this to be common practice on alloy rims, then again I imagine there are not too many original rims that have survived from the time period that mine were made.


Wondering how far back this practice goes - seems to have fallen out of favour by the end of the bike boom era. Also, will post an image of the decal that is on the rim, I have yet to come across other examples of this particular style. of logo though still looking.