Rims at David Silver Spares

[Tim Allman]

I have discovered that new rims for my CB77 will be much less expensive than re-plating. David Silver Spares is selling two rear rims:

https://www.davidsilverspares.com/CB77-305/part_190423 and

https://www.davidsilverspares.com/CB77-305/part_292259.

Has anyone had any experience with these? I know some have been disappointed to find that they have unknowingly purchased rims with incorrect spoke angles.

[G-Man]

Tim

The second one appears to be very similar to the original rim. More expensive but likely to have the correct spoking pattern and will keep your bike looking authentic.

I get rims polished and re-plated for about 100USD in England.

G

I have discovered that new rims for my CB77 will be much less expensive than re-plating. David Silver Spares is selling two rear rims:

https://www.davidsilverspares.com/CB77-305/part_190423 and

https://www.davidsilverspares.com/CB77-305/part_292259.

Has anyone had any experience with these? I know some have been disappointed to find that they have unknowingly purchased rims with incorrect spoke angles.

[pemdoc65]

I purchased the first rim that you listed a few years ago from David Silver. The spoke angles were not correct for a CB77 rear hub. Unfortunately, it had sat on the shelf for over a year before I tried to lace it up, so I did not approach DSS about it. I might be willing to try the second rim that you listed, though.

[Tim Allman]

Tim

The second one appears to be very similar to the original rim. More expensive but likely to have the correct spoking pattern and will keep your bike looking authentic.

I get rims polished and re-plated for about 100USD in England.

G

Interesting. The local shop quoted me C$400 for one rim and $150 for each fuel tank panel. I'll look around. If anyone knows of a good place somewhere in the Toronto to London (our London, not the original one) area I would love to hear about it.

Tim

[Tim Allman]

I purchased the first rim that you listed a few years ago from David Silver. The spoke angles were not correct for a CB77 rear hub. Unfortunately, it had sat on the shelf for over a year before I tried to lace it up, so I did not approach DSS about it. I might be willing to try the second rim that you listed, though.

Thanks for that. You might try contacting DSS. I had to return something and they were very good about it. They even paid shipping.

Tim

[G-Man]

Tim

These are the ones I had recromed for my 1961 project.

G

Tim

The second one appears to be very similar to the original rim. More expensive but likely to have the correct spoking pattern and will keep your bike looking authentic.

I get rims polished and re-plated for about 100USD in England.

G

Interesting. The local shop quoted me C$400 for one rim and $150 for each fuel tank panel. I'll look around. If anyone knows of a good place somewhere in the Toronto to London (our London, not the original one) area I would love to hear about it.

Tim

[Tim Allman]

I purchased the more expensive D.I.D. rear rim which arrived a few days ago. I installed it with new spokes and nipples from David Silver and all went well. The DSS spokes are a bit shorter than the original ones but they seem to be fine.