aust Posted October 3, 2005 Report Share Posted October 3, 2005 how can a rim be strong if it dents lef right and centre mike ??? people go ten times bigger than you with normal rims and dont have any dents at all in their rims... doesn't make much sense Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_Tupman Posted October 3, 2005 Report Share Posted October 3, 2005 £53 :S Mike you should have just got a Sunn Doublewide, now thats a strong rim and you can get wicked grinds on them to. Just don't drill them to hell! Ali C did and his died :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiteboy Posted October 3, 2005 Report Share Posted October 3, 2005 £53 :) Mike you should have just got a Sunn Doublewide, now thats a strong rim and you can get wicked grinds on them to. Just don't drill them to hell! Ali C did and his died :) second that they are awseome. even better in bright bogey green :S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve-A Posted October 3, 2005 Report Share Posted October 3, 2005 £53 :S Mike you should have just got a Sunn Doublewide, now thats a strong rim and you can get wicked grinds on them to. Just don't drill them to hell! Ali C did and his died :) Cant really blame Mike for trying or Ali C for that matter. We never know, it might have worked out awesomely, but I think at the end of the day it probably isn't worth the hastle for most riders. What we really need is somone on the inside of mavic who can accidentally set the machine to make 521s aboiut 40 something mm wide, amvic woulsd realise they are rejects and sell them off cheap.......... Or to set the machine to make 24" 521s, that would be cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakley Posted November 2, 2005 Report Share Posted November 2, 2005 What we really need is somone on the inside of mavic who can accidentally set the machine to make 521s aboiut 40 something mm wide, amvic woulsd realise they are rejects and sell them off cheap.......... Or to set the machine to make 24" 521s, that would be cool. a man with a plan :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Bleech Posted November 2, 2005 Report Share Posted November 2, 2005 Cant really blame Mike for trying or Ali C for that matter. We never know, it might have worked out awesomely, but I think at the end of the day it probably isn't worth the hastle for most riders. What we really need is somone on the inside of mavic who can accidentally set the machine to make 521s aboiut 40 something mm wide, amvic woulsd realise they are rejects and sell them off cheap.......... Or to set the machine to make 24" 521s, that would be cool. or just get mavic to make there XY rim again :P 36H 32mm wide, light, strong, 24" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-Stop Junkie Posted November 2, 2005 Report Share Posted November 2, 2005 Or a Surly rim? 65mm wide, double box design, nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bionic Balls Posted November 2, 2005 Report Share Posted November 2, 2005 i can't quite work out where you put the innertube...you only have one? which side do you put it? very cool... adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat hudson Posted November 2, 2005 Report Share Posted November 2, 2005 both :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boothy Posted November 4, 2005 Report Share Posted November 4, 2005 i can't quite work out where you put the innertube...you only have one? which side do you put it? very cool... adam I'm quessing you could put two inner tubes in, meaning that if one punctured, the other may be enough to ride your bike home ,or carry on riding. Might not be as simple as that though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScotchDave Posted November 4, 2005 Report Share Posted November 4, 2005 (edited) You put one innertube in and it deforms to fit the whole tyre and rim. :- EDIT And with the new good echo rims coming out, theres no problem. Edited November 4, 2005 by div Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted November 4, 2005 Report Share Posted November 4, 2005 Not to mention Mike runs tubeless when he can :- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
will Posted November 4, 2005 Report Share Posted November 4, 2005 Ignoring my previous post B) Hermance/Beleay etc... Take thier koxx rims to Hella big stuff and they cope! ALso Ive never heard hermance's brake squeling like a pig before, only the swooosh. Perhaps technique>brake :- wil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted November 4, 2005 Report Share Posted November 4, 2005 So from those videos, how often do they have new rims, and how often do they have to re-grind them? Plus I've heard squeal from their brake's too :- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
will Posted November 4, 2005 Report Share Posted November 4, 2005 (edited) You hear the squel but its not as violent as some of the ones I hear in most the Brit vids, You know what I am talking about! And yes, they probably do have a untapped res of built wheels for them. Their pros, I cant imagine they go through THAT many, Hermance and Beleay arent exactly heavy are they now :- EDIT/ Id imagine that if any of us rode for 6hours+ a day, most days if not everyday we would go through a hella lot more rims than we do! Edited November 4, 2005 by will Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backgren Posted November 4, 2005 Report Share Posted November 4, 2005 loud brakes are good... :- and hermance can get a new rim whenever he wants to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skandy32 Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 WOW! i only just found this topic (better late than never!) and im amazed someone has had the balls to actually try and use this 2rimmed wheel idea. i remember people discussing it ages back . . .. didnt think it were possible, let alone "a good rim"!? it all seems tip top. But what abotu the inner tube(s)?? 1? 2? and in any case.... surely pinches are more likely due to there being 3 (notso)side walls. Surely the middle join will take every impact and 9/10 pinch everytime?? Have you had a pinches with it? You say about the bolts being covered.... but that doesnt answer my theory........ top stuff :) - andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScotchDave Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 Read the topic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onza Kieron Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 Well i think we should make a petition and everyone should sign it then send it away to mavic. They are bound to make a rim if theres already a 800+ people demand for them, then all the downhillers might want one. :D .... Kieron :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali C Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 would need more than 800 people, the machines to make the rims are millions, so it has to really be worth their time ( which I recken it would :( ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urpedigreechumdog Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 (edited) I'll have bob 2 up and running in no time :( The paint is drying as we speak... Gonne be a black bob rim on a red hope mono.... Will post piccys when all built up :D Edited November 7, 2005 by Urpedigreechumdog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali C Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 ahh good it arrived then :( look forward to the pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob Posted November 8, 2005 Report Share Posted November 8, 2005 mike i would love 2 have that rim on my bike but i wont be able 2 build it (Y) hobbsie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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