Spencer Wheels.

[ligbee]

I was in an old ironmongers the other day when I came across a pair of red anodised Spencer alloys. The shop owner said that he'd had them for over 20 years, they were in very good nick. Has anyone ever heard of them?, and were they any good (I did'nt get a price).


Anyone?.

ligbee.

[Mattdub]

Not heard of them , I always used Araya's

[se]

Spencer Wheels were made by a tiny wheel company in Tenbury Wells, in northwesternmost Worcestershire. 1 3/8ths rims were a speciality. I only know this coz I grew up in that strange little town in the middle of nowhere and got dragged there on school visits as a 10-year-old to see the wheels being made. They were pretty good I think although I always did the sensibile thing and stuck to Arayas of course. The MD's son was called Philip Banks and he raced on the wheels all the time. Mainly NBMXA Midlands regionals I think.

[FORDY]

wow, that is a bolt from the blue

I remember them! My mate had some chrome 1 3/8 th's built up for his Mongoose. They were really nice race wheels as I recall.

[theRuler]

spencers were sound
good uk alloys - renowned for their skinnys



they had a full page ad in abmx, bitd

[ligbee]

If anyone's interested, they may still be for sale.


ligbee.

[weston]

forgot all about these, they were the first rims i bought that started me wheel building

[griff]

Random googling led me back here to dig this up...

Anyone got any more info on Spencer rims? ( or even better a couple of 24" tucked away?)

[oldschoolace]

You still quietly looking for British stuff Griff?

Didnt Sam have some spencer rims for sale a few weeks ago?

[griff]

You still quietly looking for British stuff Griff?

Didnt Sam have some spencer rims for sale a few weeks ago?

Not that quietly  still researching at the mo (house buying means no bmx bits for a while!)
Doesn't hurt to have a nose about though 
Sam had a pair of 20" but when the time comes I'll be needing cruiser wheels

[Mikku]

Holy topic resurrection!!  At almost 9 years that must be a record! I've never heard of Spencers before so would be interested to see pics if anybody has any.

[Jaan]

Phil Sawzall is your man for Spencer rims. Very sweet looking rims, similar to 7Bs 

[griff]

Phil Sawzall is your man for Spencer rims. Very sweet looking rims, similar to 7Bs 

I already PMd both him and Stevo some months back Chris
Hoping to try and get some  bits for the next project, looks like it's going to be a long termer 

[meticulous]

 

[GT-Timmo]

Hi All, go gently on me as its my first post. I have 3 or 4 20 x 1.75 rims buried in the shed and at least 2 are NOS but do have tiny marks on. They are red and blue and I have no idea what they sell for nowadays. I will sort them out and post a piccy.

[GT-Timmo]

Here you go. They do have a lot of storage marks but nothing bad. I could only find 2 so I must have sold the others but cant remember. The red one was built into a complete wheel but neither has seen a brake block.

[CustardLips]

Phil Sawzall is your man for Spencer rims. Very sweet looking rims, similar to 7Bs 

I think more akin to 7L's but yeh nice rims all the same. 

[griff]

Pity they're not 24s 

[MartyC]

Phil Sawzall is your man for Spencer rims. Very sweet looking rims, similar to 7Bs 

I think more akin to 7L's but yeh nice rims all the same. 

True but they pre date 7Ls by a good few years!

[dinglem]

Yup - Spencers. 

I decided to try to track down a pair of these about 12months ago, but didn't have too much luck.

One NOS 20 x 1.75 (in gold) came up for sale on eBay and I grabbed that, i was the only bidder and got it for a snip. In fact i mistakenly bid on it thinking it was a pair (duuur) but i seem to recall getting it for 12quid not including postage.

When it arrived it was spot-on though, great finish, still wrapped in paper with a nice deep Spencer stamping. Just on the hunt for a second one now so i can put them onto something. I'd really like some skinnies though, but have never seen a Spencer set of those. (Anybody got some??)