Vintage MTB rim help
12-03-07 | 04:27 AM
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Vintage MTB rim help
I did a search and came up empty. Anyone have any experience with Wolber MTB rims. I've heard some of the Wobbler jokes so please spare me. I'm looking at picking up a complete set of wheels for a vintage project. The rims are Wolber, AT-18's. Google pretty much came up empty also. Any help would be appreciated. Cross posted in the MTB forum
Tim
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12-05-07 | 08:01 AM
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Anyone have anything to add that can help out cs1?
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12-06-07 | 03:36 AM
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12-06-07 | 08:51 AM
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Gotta be someone out there who can help...
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12-06-07 | 01:46 PM
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12-06-07 | 02:09 PM
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I dunno what to say - um, I know what wolber is; however, the original poster is asking if I have any of these and I don't. apparently, and not suprisingly, no one else has any in their stash either...
12-06-07 | 02:23 PM
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They came stock on the 1990 Cannondale SM2000, all Shimano XT. I'd say they were probably high-end or near it.
https://www.vintagecannondale.com/year/1990/1990.pdf
Here's a review of spokes, laced to these rims. No reports of the rims collapsing:
https://www.mtbr.com/reviews/Spoke/product_23110.shtml
Do you know German? A Google search yields quite a few German language web hits.
Sorry, no first hand experience.
https://www.vintagecannondale.com/year/1990/1990.pdf
Here's a review of spokes, laced to these rims. No reports of the rims collapsing:
https://www.mtbr.com/reviews/Spoke/product_23110.shtml
Do you know German? A Google search yields quite a few German language web hits.
Sorry, no first hand experience.
12-07-07 | 03:29 AM
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Thanks junkyard, you came up with pretty much the same thing I did too. Nothing really conclusive on the actual rims themselves. I found a nice set of Deore hubs laced to set of those rims. Seeing as they were the correct vintage, I was going to use them on a project. Thanks for the reply.
Tim
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