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Post by AlexPV on May 17, 2003 9:43:23 GMT 10
not harsh on rims eyy simon, anything happen to your rim last night that might make you want to change that view?
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Post by alex markwart on May 17, 2003 11:08:00 GMT 10
what happened to simons rim?
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Post by AlexPVV on May 17, 2003 16:51:07 GMT 10
Lets just say he was showing me how to rollign gap, and pinched/dinted the rim abit, freakin thin tyres.
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Post by Craprock on May 17, 2003 17:50:50 GMT 10
i'm not the one who's harsh on them, its the concrete. oh, and you forgot to mention that it happened to be a mavic rim. (221 not 521) and i was running a 1mm thin tyre which was worn down even more from my brakes rubbing on it. but yeah i'm pretty shit these days.
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Post by Seb LG on May 17, 2003 18:32:30 GMT 10
hey charlie,
hmmm....(a wee bit off the subject of simon and concrete and broken rims......i is talking 2 charlie and that message is on the first page)....neway.....if i have my bike and if the comp dosnt go into the performance on saturday(jesus christ-supestar)...coz i full have 2 be there and probably early....but otherwise that would be heaps mad to go 2 the comp with every1.....hehe....maybe i will win!!...(sure mate!)...neway...yeah.....so wat time is the comp?...until when?....where?¿...and stuff
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jimiemick
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Post by jimiemick on May 21, 2003 20:29:34 GMT 10
what about the DX32 ?
i had 1 and i loved it but i dont have it on my norco as ...... ummmmmm it is yellow i want red to match the bike
but the the rhinolite is a good rim bout 200g less then a DX 32
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Post by tomac on Jun 1, 2003 22:24:46 GMT 10
my vote to rhino lite !
the older rhyno lites (like 2 years ago - silver ones) were made in the USA but newer ones (black with silver braketrack) are "designed in USA" but made in taiwan as someone pointed out. I used a silver one on the rear for a long long time, so long the brake track wore out to the point of unusability ! so I got a new black one, built it to my king hub nice and tight and it stays true as hell...high quality seam on the thing...works good...so yeah get some simon...and lace it to your RB hub before you buy a freaking 100 dollar tire !!
- Joel
velocity psycho is next best...wouldn't go mavic they aren't great value although very strong - need a bit of width for trials especially when beginning
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Post by Craprock on Jun 2, 2003 17:04:39 GMT 10
rim=7-10 days
spokes=before this friday
hub=now
so soon i will have everything, and it will be the stiffest wheel in the history of trials. and ive decided to get a mich DH22 or what the fuck it is called because i am sick of pinch flats and also sick of being a weight weenie. i am also jealous of ppl who can run 1psi and never flat, when i always do with 50. so im not getting a 100 dollar tyre any more
sssssssimon
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Post by AlexPV on Jun 3, 2003 17:15:42 GMT 10
Good to see simon. Stiffest wheel in history, we will see, are you going to build it still? And also i think the Comp 24 (if that is what you are talking about) is pretty expencive aswell. Id go a tioga. Should have got it from the trialsinshop $25 or somthing crazy.
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Post by Craprock on Jun 3, 2003 18:08:44 GMT 10
is it? damn
oh well, yeah its either the tioga or that, but i really want the mich. i'll see once i actually build the thing. but yeah definately building it my self.
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Post by Seb LG on Jun 3, 2003 18:20:28 GMT 10
are u serious, u r building a wheel yoself!?¿...that is crazy-like, coz i tried on my old rim that i bent 2 the crap(absolutely warped like to a point of non-unbendability) and it was damned impossible, and took heaps long . in case anyone was wondering i was building a fucked rim coz i had about 3 hours 2 kill on a sunday so i watched tv and did the rim thing .
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Post by Craprock on Jun 3, 2003 19:37:26 GMT 10
yeah i've had a similar experience to you - my bike got run over by a car and my front wheel was heaps screwed, so i took it apart and built it, and it was almost true. then i was bored again and took it apart again and relaced it in some crazy pattern that i found off the internet and it looked heaps mad. i stilll have it.
but anyway because the rb hub is straight pull the holes already go in the right direction for the spokes, and cause its new everything i just have to make sure i screw all the spokes in the same amount and then just put the wheel in my bike and dish it to be centered in the stays. and also i figured if i really fuck it up i can just take it to mals and either get them to fix it or borrow their 3 million dollar park truing stand and use that. hopefully it wont end up being one of those things i put off for like 5 months.
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Post by Seb LG on Jun 3, 2003 20:47:45 GMT 10
hehe, yeah, xept i didnt get the build right, i think that i must be the retart maybe.......................  |
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Post by Craprock on Jun 4, 2003 6:29:07 GMT 10
at least you can spell good
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Post by tomac on Jun 5, 2003 9:11:15 GMT 10
simon don't build it yourself unless you've built at least 10 other wheels before...
you need a lot of wheel building experience to make a strong trials wheel, not just to get it straight and true but to know how to prep the spokes, the best ways of lacing etc etc...stress relieving during the build (also known as 'pinging') and how to make sure the spokes aren't twisted...and having seen your current wheel I imagine you don't care a lot for maintenance of a good build either...just get mal's to do it for 50 bucks...he'll give you a free wheel true with that as well
- Joel
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