Originally Posted by
nlerner
Clearly, you need to find a complete bike with relatively decent 635mm rims, "borrow" the front wheel and put the rest in a corner of your basement for a few years.
I tried that, but got distracted before I got the wheel off the donor bike, which must be in some forgotten corner down there, perhaps one of the ones where the light bulb is burned out, and now there's little hope of finding it again. Maybe I should just try again....
Seriously, interesting to note that the existing front rim is marked "Palmer" and the badly deteriorated tire is marked "Palmer [cord] Viking." Both are marked "Made in England". I guess this is the original tire. It has a beefy Bayliss-Wiley hub, just what you'd expect.