Araya 26" Blue Rims

[Mark Sr.]

Picked up an 80's Ross cruiser for $35 from an older guy locally. Had these rims on it:



They roll straight, and even have the matching blue alloy axle nuts & valve stem caps I remember using back in the day. Front hub is a "Sunshine" & rear is a Bendix 76 coaster. The spokes are quite rusty and don't seem to want to clean up. I'd love to get some SS spokes and swap them out after a good cleaning of the hubs. Anyone know what size / type of spoke to use?

I'll stick some decent generic rims on the bike and re-sell it, so these were essentially free .

 

[Kevin Kanouff]

What does the ross look like?

 

[Robertk]

260mm front 259mm rear should work

 

[Araya51]

You scored.!!!
Would love to have me another set of Blue Arayas.!!!

 

[Rat Rod]

The beauty of the set is the coaster brake on the back....this equals ZERO brake rub.

 

[Mark Sr.]

Yeah but the set is funny. The front rim is like others I've seen with a ridge line running along the spoke face of the rim, on each side of the spokes. The back rim has a flat spoke surface, kind of hard to explain. But both have the same Araya stamp, match in color, & appear to be similar in age.

 

[Mark Sr.]

What does the ross look like?

The Ross is a classic double diamond "Eurotour" with a "1020 Steel Lug Frame, Allentown PA" decal.

 

[ADVHOG]

I've flipped a couple of those Ross Eurotour bikes. They are nicely made and sell easily. Mine never came with sweet wheels like those tho!

 

[Mark Sr.]

I might have just found where these will go best:

 

[horsefarmer]

Those wheels look sweet on that frame!

 

[Rat Rod]

The front is an Araya 7X (1980) and the rear rim is a 7C (1979).

Either the factory slapped what they had in stock on there or the owner bent one of the wheels and replaced it.

I have a feeling one of the wheels got damaged and they installed a replacement.

Both very cool rims.

 

[Mark Sr.]

I think the rusty spokes might actually go well with this old Emory frame.

 

[G-Matt]

Good score some white spokes would look sweet . Rolling on my space liner [emoji106]


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[Mark Sr.]

Got moving on it last night, just have to finish cleaning the chain:

Cool dirt guard for bottom bracket:

 

[Mark Sr.]

All done and loving this set up, very comfortable. I have always been a Worksman guy but these Emorys are growing on me:

 

[jamesdart]

that looks awesome.

 

[Araya51]

Man your Emory looks nice.!!!
I need to get me another one to replace the one I had..

 

[Mark Sr.]

Rear:

Front:

 

[Nagant]

Those are some really nice Araya hoops. I have a feeling those labels didn't have a high survival rate over time and your two are intact even though the hoops aren't identical styles. I like the one you're running on the front a bit more than the rear style, but both are awesome. Would you want to trade them for a pair of blue steel Huffy Cranbrook rims?

 

[Mark Sr.]

Those are some really nice Araya hoops. I have a feeling those labels didn't have a high survival rate over time and your two are intact even though the hoops aren't identical styles. I like the one you're running on the front a bit more than the rear style, but both are awesome. Would you want to trade them for a pair of blue steel Huffy Cranbrook rims?

Hey I cheated a bit and bought new decals, 4 for $6 shipped off ebay. Would probably have traded you if I hadn't just sunk all that $$ into decals.