Will Arnold Posted May 15, 2005 Report Share Posted May 15, 2005 it seems to have square cut outs, is this a personalised koxx rim or is it a proto or something? cheers Will Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan Posted May 15, 2005 Report Share Posted May 15, 2005 (edited) yeh, its a koxx rim. he does them him self, You can buy a full 'Benito' bike driect from him at an extra cost.dont think the rims are worth it though, alot weeker for a little weight loss. stick with the circles!!! Edited May 15, 2005 by ryan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyseemonkeydo Posted May 15, 2005 Report Share Posted May 15, 2005 Terry Grave's told me recently that Benito gets his dad to make them and each rim takes him about 12 hours or something rediculous to hand file the holes square!! Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philking Posted May 15, 2005 Report Share Posted May 15, 2005 (edited) yeh, its a koxx rim. he does them him self, You can buy a full 'Benito' bike driect from him at an extra cost.dont think the rims are worth it though, alot weeker for a little weight loss. stick with the circles!!! ← I very much doubt they would be that much weaker. Especially with some of the moves benito pulles (Y)" May be wrong though... Edited May 15, 2005 by philking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted May 15, 2005 Report Share Posted May 15, 2005 Wouldn't the corners be an area where stress would rise significantly though, and get focused on a tiny area? With a circle there's no real worry about cracking as there's no obvious place for the crack to start and thus the pressure start to tear the rim apart. Couldn't you use something like a tenon drill to make square holes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backgren Posted May 15, 2005 Report Share Posted May 15, 2005 haha, when at the worlds last year I saw some of Benitos "minders" (he has a fair few of them) filing up the round holes to squares. Seemed like hard work (Y)" He has like a full squad of people doing things for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Arnold Posted May 15, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2005 i dont reccon he gets his dad to cutomize his rims if it takes 12 hours (Y) and it doesent even make much difference? :) i reccon he used a jigsaw or something like that, unless the koxx factory made a small batch just for benito to use, like 10 or something? meh Will Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne-king Posted May 15, 2005 Report Share Posted May 15, 2005 seems really pointless to me. so if he did a world round with normal holes, he would do worse than he would with square holes (Y) :) i doubt it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munki Posted May 15, 2005 Report Share Posted May 15, 2005 Wouldn't the corners be an area where stress would rise significantly though, and get focused on a tiny area? With a circle there's no real worry about cracking as there's no obvious place for the crack to start and thus the pressure start to tear the rim apart. ← Couldn't you just round the corners off a bit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hugh_b Posted May 15, 2005 Report Share Posted May 15, 2005 I was at the worlds last year to. he has standard try-all silver rims but his dad files out each hole to make them square. i should think he does crack the rims because he had new wheels built up for each trial. -Hugh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefletch Posted May 16, 2005 Report Share Posted May 16, 2005 I was chattin to him at Koxx days, his dad or he does them. So the answer to people's next question is 'no you cant buy them like that' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Arnold Posted May 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2005 I was chattin to him at Koxx days, his dad or he does them. So the answer to people's next question is 'no you cant buy them like that' ← Even if he gave them silly money :mellow: ner, i was just wondering really, looks good.... Will Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tartridge Posted May 16, 2005 Report Share Posted May 16, 2005 I was chattin to him at Koxx days, his dad or he does them. So the answer to people's next question is 'no you cant buy them like that' ← http://www.biketrial-spain.com/KoxxXTP202005replicaBRE.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davetrials Posted May 16, 2005 Report Share Posted May 16, 2005 yeh, its a koxx rim. he does them him self, You can buy a full 'Benito' bike driect from him at an extra cost.dont think the rims are worth it though, alot weeker for a little weight loss. stick with the circles!!! ← He nailed a 15foot drop, with out BLOWING! his wheel up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.Wood Posted May 16, 2005 Report Share Posted May 16, 2005 I would have thought a series of drill holes (there's a proper name for it but i can't remember it :mellow: ....Chain drilling maybe?) would be quicker than a hand file? But then i guess you'd have to file it off anyway... Hmm... *Wonders off muttering* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Arnold Posted May 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2005 lol, his bike weight in at just under 9 grams, impressive :S it does look soo nice though :mellow: Will Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly C Posted May 16, 2005 Report Share Posted May 16, 2005 http://www.biketrial-spain.com/KoxxXTP202005replicaBRE.html ← haha "If you see the picture, the first change you´ll see is the double high handlebar and the stem according to this new handlebar. In an elegant black colour, this conjunct improve the total height of the bike and now the riding position is more natural. The handlebar is very bulky and the stem is very lighted." Monty Risers anyone? :mellow: Olly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zordon Posted May 16, 2005 Report Share Posted May 16, 2005 Compare now full bike weights of benito ros' from biketrial-spain (8.620g)and oryginal koxx benito ross xtp from koxx.fr (8300g). Seems like there is no point for buying xtp direct from benito, cause it is heavier than oryginal ;p Yeah, I know - for sure weights on koxx.fr are slightly "tuned" - they all smelled not good to me from the beginning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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