26inch Rear Rim Research

[T.McMillan]

Hi everyone. I am doing a little research into Rear Rims for hope, and thought the public was the best way to find the answer. If you could choose the rim that you a currently using or you reckon is the best quality that you have used or been told about, please vote or post any information worth knowing.

Regards

Tom

[Luke Rainbird]

dx32 or onza ronnie, hold grinds well, strong too wide enough but not too wide for vee's

[Mowgli]

done it dude, they gonna start making rims too?

[2sixstreet]

24/7 36H machined sidewall. Amazing with a vee, not bad with HS33. Will last a few grinds before sidewalls start bending.

[T.McMillan]

done it dude, they gonna start making rims too?

Hi Luke

You know as much as I do at the moment, ive just been asked to find out about the popularity of the 26 Rim.

Ride soon.

Tom

[hugh_b]

i'm guessing they are making hope hoops for trials then!

[T.McMillan]

QUOTE (hugh_b @ Oct 30 2009, 11:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

i'm guessing they are making hope hoops for trials then!

I think thats the plan

[Mikee]

Surely it would be better for them to make both 32h and 36h rims as they make both for their hubs.

[terry26rims]

I have the echo TR rear rim, great grind from tarty but, the rim it self isn't great for novices like myself. 1st street ride with not a stupid low psi and flat spotted the rim. Differcult to self beat back into shape. Also on the rim join it seems to be coming apart not a gap but up and down a few mm.

[basher]

its abit hard to find out really which is best, because there are to different markets. light weight and bash proof. for bash proof ive beat the f**k out of me echo urban rim and its only just dieing after about a year now. but then again you have got the likes of tryall with a stupidly light rim which is useable for a while before it dies of harsh use, and light weight bikes are all the rage now. also theres a trialtech proto rim that should be out soon which is single wall and been in testing along time and looks like its going to be a brilliant rim.

i think hope should choose first which market they want. and then ask which is most popular out of them.

Edited October 31, 2009 by basher

[Rusevelt]

I have the echo TR rear rim, great grind from tarty but, the rim it self isn't great for novices like myself. 1st street ride with not a stupid low psi and flat spotted the rim. Differcult to self beat back into shape. Also on the rim join it seems to be coming apart not a gap but up and down a few mm.

What psi did you run and how much you weigh lbs/kgs?

[terry26rims]

What psi did you run and how much you weigh lbs/kgs?

Around 25 psi and 9st 11lbs.

Schwalbe big betty tyre 2.4 wide

[MikeCottTrials]

Around 25 psi and 9st 11lbs.

Schwalbe big betty tyre 2.4 wide

There is no rim in the world that won't flat spot if you rim out hard on something, also the up and down movement in your wheel is to do with the build not the rim

[terry26rims]

this isn't right.

[ScottTrials]

this isn't right.

one answer really for that and that is that you are a bit of a basher.

Also try-all rims are great I had mine for about a year and never had to get it trued and my pads were always within a millimetre of the rim. And I'm not smooth. Only erason I got rid of it was because my hub went and my mate gave me £40 for it

Edited October 31, 2009 by ScottTrials

[manuel]

For a wide rim my trialtechs have both been awesome ( both single and double walls). For a narrower rim the dx32 is pretty darn good but for trials I preffered the echo urban (I think thats what it is now) front rim. It has thicker sidewalls and deeper braking surface (good for up n downstyle trials buckles) and weighs about 50g less because of the holes. I would say they are very similar in strength

[T.McMillan]

any more comments?

[Matthew_Gibson]

Echo Urban Rear 32 hole, balck. used on front and back....

Really strong, nice width, awesome at holding grinds. bit on the heavy side though. BUt I would only ever buy one, I'm using a tryall at the min, and grinds dnt hold great!

Also used a Ronnie, after a few grinds the sidewall become VERY weak and will dent very easilylook nice i think though...

[Rich Pearson]

I'd have to say, the Echo Urban rear rim is the closest to an 'indistructable' trials part I have ever come across. I had one on the Leeson Thumper, then on my Echo Pure, then my Czar, then the Pitbull, and then I sold it, still in pretty good shape, the only reason for selling being I couldn't fit it in my Phase with v-brake mounts. Same rim, different bikes; was in all of my street/natural training videos. Seriously, seriously tough stuff, and for that much strength the weight is no sacrifice at all.

Gets my vote any day

Rich

[craigjames]

Either a drilled DX32 or a drilled Onza Ronnie, good balance or weight, width and with the ronnie a very good alloy for holding grinds

[ogre]

echo urban rim is king if your not a weight fag, and if you are you could probably drill and modify it without much hinderance to strength.

[mr_malcolm]

Theres no option for Megamo so i had to choose the alex dx32.

[forteh]

DX32, if you can live with a slightly narrower rim, drill it with 20mm holes and its as light as a try all h0le

Ideally it needs to be a welded joint, pinned rims generally suck.

[T.McMillan]

Theres no option for Megamo so i had to choose the alex dx32.

you cant get megamo rims any more can you?

[mr_malcolm]

No you cant get Megamo any more but still my favouret rim i have used.