Originally Posted by
CanCruiser
Congrats on your new acquisition. Looks like a great candidate for restoration/tuning and it's ready for the road. The SHS are somewhat rare and hard to come by. Well done!
I recently picked up a Sekine too (1972..!!) , and "bikemig" statement regarding the wheels/tires caught my attention.
How do I know if I have alloy or steel rims (magent test?!), and will the current offering of 700C tires work with the standard Sekine rims (which were 27" x 1-1/8" or 27" x 1-1/4")
Cheers
Magnet should tell you immediately if the rims are steel, unless they're extremely unusual and made from some nonmagnetic stainless steel alloy. (I don't know if the latter were ever made, but it's at least a theoretical possibility.)
700c tires will
not work on rims made for 27 x 1 1/4 or 1/1/8" tires. 27" tires actually have a larger bead seat diameter (630mm vice 622mm) than 700c tires.