The original Roval wheels were the first with aero spokes and hidden nipples and also had a for that time revolutionary 18 front, 24 rear spoke count. Consequently these wheels were quite expensive but sold well as they were popular amongst the pro's in the late 80's.
I received a front wheel in a trade a while back. In search for a rear wheel I was offered a almost unused set. I might fit these to a -94 Daccordi with a 7sp freewheel and 8sp Ergo shifters. Not sure if I'm up for task of resurrect my skills in the noble art of fitting tub's though so I might put them up for sale. Same type as fitted to Peter Gilbert's (Cane Creek?) Bruce Gordon: http://velomoo.blogspot.com/2008/06/cirque-08.html Wheels and spares appear on eBay quite regularly. The seller of this 24" front wheel claim it once belonged to Chris Boardman: http://cgi.ebay.com/24-FRONT-WHEEL-ROVAL-HUB-CONCEALED-SPOKE-NIPPLES_W0QQitemZ220349751662QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_sportsleisure_cycling_bikeparts_SR?hash=item220349751662&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A0%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50 Has been re-listed a couple of times as the market dried out after UCI outlawed the use of funny bikes. Another set but missing a spoke: http://cgi.ebay.com/ROVAL-Road-Bike-Tubular-Wheelset_W0QQitemZ370149045644QQcmdZViewItemQQptZCycling_Parts_Accessories?hash=item370149045644&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50 More pictures: http://www.classicrendezvous.com/France/Roval.htm http://revver.com/video/160368/classic-roval-bicycle-wheels-on-ebay-item-160081745325/ On 22 Jan, 23:20, tarik saleh <tariksa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Beth, > > As you probably figured out by now, everyone is right. Roval is an old > brand that made funky racing wheels. They went under, specialized > bought the name and uses it as their house brand wheels. You have the > original ones. They were pretty light race wheels. I am not sure if > there is anything special outside of the low spoke count aero rim > bladed spoke genre. The hubs were cool. I think they came in the full > complement of funny bike wheel sizes (700c, 650c, 24") I can't > remember about the bearings either. > > Tarik > > > > > > On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 5:40 PM, b hamon <periwinkle...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > A pair of wheels has come to me and I cannot identify them. > > > Hubs are made by a company called "Roval". They appear to have sealed > > bearings (though I can't be sure because I haven't opened them yet). > > Direct-pull, flat-bladed spokes. Front wheel is radially-laced with 18 > > spokes and rear is 1x-laced with 32. > > Rims are sew-up, an odd cross between box and deep-v. Freewheel hub; rear > > wheel looks offset just enough for 5 cogs. No maker ID on rim. > > They're weird and funky in an esoteric old-school sorta way. Does anyone > > know anything about these? > > Thanks --Beth > > >http://bikelovejones.livejournal.com > >http://veloquent.blogspot.com > > -- > Tarik Saleh > tas at tariksaleh dot com > in los alamos, po box 208, 87544http://tariksaleh.com > all sorts of bikes blog:http://tsaleh.blogspot.com- Dölj citerad text - > > - Visa citerad text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
