[DeTomaso] 15-inch Campy clones on E-bay

[Tomas Gunnarsson]

I was under the impression that those were made from real Campies that were cut down and fitted with bolted on rims to alter the width (upwards). Why one would "alter" it to 10" is a mystery. Saving a damaged wheel?

Tomas

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <pantdino at aol.com>
To: <MikeLDrew at aol.com>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 8:46 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] 15-inch Campy clones on E-bay


> Why in the world would anyone buy clones in 15" when you can have the real thing?
> I suppose they are cheaper than real 10" Campy's, huh?
> 
> Jim
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: MikeLDrew at aol.com
> To: detomaso at realbig.com
> Sent: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 10:21 am
> Subject: [DeTomaso] 15-inch Campy clones on E-bay
> 
> 
> 
> Hi guys,
> 
> Check this out.   Aluminum Campy wheel clones in 15-inch; these are 
> three-piece wheels apparently:
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/by7n4k
> 
> The seller claims they are 15x9 and 15x11; I think they are actually 8s and 
> 10s and the guy doesn't know how to measure wheels!   In fact his measurements 
> prove this fact; he gets his 11-inch number by laying a ruler across the top 
> and measuring outside-to-outside, when wheels are actually measured from 
> inside-to-inside, where the bead rests.
> 
> Are these Kirk Evans' wheels?   I've only seen one or two pairs of those 
> before, and I've never seen the back side....
> 
>>From the starting bid, the seller is obviously pretty proud of them. :>)
> 
> Mike
> 
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