What Do I Have Here?

[55ColumbiaBuilt]

Please don't state the obvious and reply with "That's A Wheel"!

The rim is 25 inches in diameter (a 26" rim is 23"). It has a New Departure Model "C" skip tooth, and doesn't seem to have a lot of rim for a tire bead to "seat" to. Any value?

 

[Jpromo]

Good observation; it doesn't have much room for a tire to seat because it is not a clincher rim 8) This wheel is a 28" singletube rim, likely from the 20s or early 30s before clinchers took off in the mid 30s with the advent of the balloon tire.

I can't remember who produced this flat, steel style but it was concurrent with wood wheels and wood clad--using the same 28x1½" singletube tire. Good find!

 

[CRASH]

That's a whe....

oh.... you said 'don't'.

 

[udallcustombikes]

I believe it is a Lobdell Cement Beaded Edge Type Rim. The price is listed as $2.20 a pair, You only have one and it is pretty rusty, I will give you $1 for it. :wink: The New Departure Model C uses the same internal parts as the Model D.

 

[55ColumbiaBuilt]

udallcustoms, thanks for the info!! I have absolutely no use for this item, however I do have a use for the hub. I could take a pair of cutters to the spokes and pull the hub, but that would be downrght criminal. I propose a trade. I would be willing to trade this wheel for a New Departure Model "C" hub in ship-shape condition (good working order/no rust) with a skip tooth sprocket. Any takers?

 

[deven_science]

I would be interested in the rim. I'd rather have the whole thing, as it would be going to restoring my Racycle, but if you insist on cutting out the hub, then I'll deal with only the rim. PM me a price.