Hi all,
Just looking for any thoughts on wheel sizes from the learned out there. My son and I are currently rebuilding a 1929 Hope bodied Austin (photo attached) in Australia with the intention of taking her on some endurance runs. The first trip will have us going over a fair amount of gravel roads with some softish sand underfoot in some locations, it’s about endurance not speed. We have six wheels all in varying states of disrepair and the intention is to have new rims pressed and of course new spokes fitted. The current crownwheel / pinion is a 8/42 and the available gear box is a 4 speed (not got in to the guts of that yet).
I understand A7’s had 16”, 17”, 18” and 19”wheels and I was planning on going larger with the idea being that a larger wheel is more rubber on the road, and better for cruising but maybe that will make the slow speed stuff more difficult?
Any thoughts on the size of rim we should go for?
Thanks in advance
Steve and Tate
Just looking for any thoughts on wheel sizes from the learned out there. My son and I are currently rebuilding a 1929 Hope bodied Austin (photo attached) in Australia with the intention of taking her on some endurance runs. The first trip will have us going over a fair amount of gravel roads with some softish sand underfoot in some locations, it’s about endurance not speed. We have six wheels all in varying states of disrepair and the intention is to have new rims pressed and of course new spokes fitted. The current crownwheel / pinion is a 8/42 and the available gear box is a 4 speed (not got in to the guts of that yet).
I understand A7’s had 16”, 17”, 18” and 19”wheels and I was planning on going larger with the idea being that a larger wheel is more rubber on the road, and better for cruising but maybe that will make the slow speed stuff more difficult?
Any thoughts on the size of rim we should go for?
Thanks in advance
Steve and Tate
Steve & Tate Davidson
Perpetual Amateur Austineers
Perpetual Amateur Austineers