Originally Posted by silversmith
Is that the ultra-wide $9.95 special?
I bought a pair too. I didn't realize how w-i-d-e they were. Oh well, they ended up lightening up the wife's old Continental.
Yep! It's not that wide, though, unless you're used to 700C road-racing type rims. 27-inch rims seem to come in two sizes, mostly - 1 1/8" and 1 1/4". The Nashbar is the latter, same size as the rims that came on my 1986 touring bike. My complaint about the rim isn't the width, but the massive, ugly seam at the joint! But for ten bucks, what do you want? You get what you pay for, I suppose.
(And I didn't buy a pair, just the one. If I ever need a new front, I'll buy a complete wheel).