Love those Araya rims! If you want to sell them, I am a willing and enthusiastic buyer!

As a bike mechanic throughout the 70's and 80's I can say with certainty that the best rims at that time were the Araya and the Weinmann concave rims. Neither was the lightest available, but both were moderately low weight and tough as nails. Never, ever, had any problems with tires blowing off the rims. Not in the shop and not on the road.

Interesting to note that the euro rims at the time were crap. In fact, I rarely find a vintage Euro bike with two decent rims intact. Currently I am doing some full restorations on some euro bikes and it is nearly impossible to find period correct rims. Why? Because they were crap and few survived.