timmyquest

This is a cross post from classic and vintage but i think you guys may be able to help me out. Keep in mind i'm in on this PF group buy, this isn't my primary bike...


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So i've pretty much got everything on the bike ready to rock (See here). That means i finally took a closer look at the rims tonight and after peeling off the old tube/tire/tape it looks like these steel rims are in some pretty bad shape. I could probably clean off most the rust but the truth is that the side walls (does that apply to rims?) are pretty beat up in some spots. So i think it might be worth it to just get some new rims. I obviously don't need anything fancy, i've already got the hubs (i'll just reuse the Schwinn ones). Can the spokes & nipples be reused?

This is reaching one of those points where i don't want to throw too much money into this bike, but i'm willing to explore options.

Nashbar?

mihlbach

I have a 27" wheelset with SunCR18s. They are decent rims.
But for that bike, I'd go just with the cheap Nashbar rims...they are, no doubt, a huge improvement over the original steel rims.