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Date:         Thu, 11 Apr 2013 20:48:15 -0700
Reply-To:     Stacy Schneider <vwcrewman@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stacy Schneider <vwcrewman@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: more free rims, near San Diego - Irked by "rims"
Comments: To: J Stewart <fonman4277@COMCAST.NET>
In-Reply-To:  <1796818387.880577.1365738367686.JavaMail.root@sz0063a.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net>
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Why don't you start giving away 15" Rheins . Hey I'd even buy one or two if you had A few to spare .

-Stacy

On Apr 11, 2013, at 8:46 PM, J Stewart <fonman4277@COMCAST.NET> wrote:

> I know I should let it go, but I feel the need to respond to the original response that triggered this whole conversation. Stephen, it would seem to me you are talking apples and oranges here. On a bicycle, the "rim" is obviously a separate part and sold as such. Not so with automotive "wheels" or "rims" you buy the whole unit as one piece (there are exceptions, I know, but the norm is one piece) not as an outer "rim" with a center hub that you must buy separately then assemble. I guess if you bend a "rim" on a bicycle you can buy just the "rim" and transfer the spokes and center hub from the old "rim" to the new "rim" - not so on cars. Also, Google the word "rim" and see what comes up! Anyway, all this has made for interesting reading while I was sitting on the shoulder of I-95 13 miles south of Fredericksburg, VA. with a snapped timing belt on my company car. It has taken me 7 hours to get home from there (about 70 miles) <sigh> If only I'd just had a bent rim.... Jeff Stewart ----- Original Message ----- >> Okay, I was going to begin a Jeff-like rant on the use of the word >> "rims" when actually speaking of wheels. The rim, as you know, is the >> outer portion of a wheel on which the tire is mounted. The hub >> portion of the wheel bolts to the vehicle. Hub + rim = wheel. >> Anyway, both the OP and the next P use the word "wheel" in the body of >> their posts so it's becoming a moot rant but I stand by my dislike of >> the use of rims when speaking of wheels. Back in my bike shop days >> when someone would ask for a 27" ree-im that is what we'd hand him. >> When he'd ask about the spokes and other stuff it's supposed to have >> we'd say, "Oh, you want a WHEEL! Why didn't you say so?" >> Years of retail will do that to you, and old habits die hard. >> Stephen >> --- On Wed, 4/10/13, mark drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET> wrote: >> From: mark drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET> >> Subject: more free rims, near San Diego >> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >> Date: Wednesday, April 10, 2013, 3:08 PM >> I also have a couple sets of steel wheels to give away. All have bad >> tires. Stock Vanagon wheels. Must take at least 2. >> Mark


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