Backgren Posted November 27, 2005 Report Share Posted November 27, 2005 Right, I was bored last night. When talking to Felix Mücke he showed me a photo of his rim he had filed squares in and told me he did it when he was bored. So, I got out in the shed starting to drill :lol: What do you think? Anyway, it's random. And I did it last night between 11pm and 3am using a 3.5mm drill and a few small files. The rest of the holes are 13mm. /Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.Wood Posted November 27, 2005 Report Share Posted November 27, 2005 Haha nice, i think you might start a trend off there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted November 27, 2005 Report Share Posted November 27, 2005 Looks awesome :lol: But will it affect the strenght of the rim, as you've drilled one part of it more than the rest?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted November 27, 2005 Report Share Posted November 27, 2005 Aye that looks proper bo aye Backgren! :lol: clarky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felix Posted November 27, 2005 Report Share Posted November 27, 2005 What 16" of snow, a drill, a file and boredom can do to your rim: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burton Posted November 27, 2005 Report Share Posted November 27, 2005 There is a shop in Spain that sells those type of rims, but in black. Was the link for it OTN? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Nick Riviera Posted November 27, 2005 Report Share Posted November 27, 2005 helllllllllllloooooooooo stress cracks but better than most home drillings* *NOTE: this is not a dodgy type of porn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SQuiT-man Posted November 28, 2005 Report Share Posted November 28, 2005 helllllllllllloooooooooo stress cracks but better than most home drillings* *NOTE: this is not a dodgy type of porn Lmao Nice one Backgren, looks sweet, and people will be able to tell you out from the crowd! Im lovin' Felix's drillings too, they look pretty awesome. I wonder how both your rims will hold up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir trial a lot Posted November 28, 2005 Report Share Posted November 28, 2005 What 16" of snow, a drill, a file and boredom can do to your rim: from what i can see you have drilled at the join, not a good idea :) :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felix Posted November 28, 2005 Report Share Posted November 28, 2005 from what i can see you have drilled at the join, not a good idea :) :lol: Did I remove the pins that hold the rim together, or what? :D Seriously, one small hole for the valve won't make a difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigman Posted November 28, 2005 Report Share Posted November 28, 2005 Did I remove the pins that hold the rim together, or what? :) Seriously, one small hole for the valve won't make a difference. Very cunning Felix, making the valve hole the same as all the other square ones, and using the join as the new valve hole, very clever :lol: Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petit_pablo Posted November 28, 2005 Report Share Posted November 28, 2005 This could be a new winter craze! Who can do the maddest rim :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Motivator Posted November 28, 2005 Report Share Posted November 28, 2005 Waste of a DX32 that is ^^ :lol: I've drilled four rims. I have pictures but they aren't very interesting.. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backgren Posted November 29, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 (edited) Waste of a DX32 that is ^^ :) The rim has been ground loads of times and is quite easy to dent now; I would never do that to a rim which isn't almost dead anyway... :) PS. Stress cracks... I don't know yet, will be interesting to find out :santa: Edited November 29, 2005 by Backgren Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_ferret Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 :) there mad i want one might have a go :) oggy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 :) there mad i want one might have a go :santa: oggy how about we drill ur name in ur front wheel ben? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skandy32 Posted November 30, 2005 Report Share Posted November 30, 2005 What 16" of snow, a drill, a file and boredom can do to your rim: Surely the amount of rim tape you'll be using to stop the buldge of the inner tubes on this rim.... kinda cancels out the weight you've saved??? I'm all for drilled rims, but surely theres a limit to what rim tape can do? :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davetrials Posted November 30, 2005 Report Share Posted November 30, 2005 Its more for looks i think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe b Posted November 30, 2005 Report Share Posted November 30, 2005 Its more for looks i think? It's gotta be! And you gotta hand it to them, they do look pretty swish... (N) Won't be doing mine though 'caus it will f**k up :closedeyes: Cheers, Joe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felix Posted December 1, 2005 Report Share Posted December 1, 2005 Surely the amount of rim tape you'll be using to stop the buldge of the inner tubes on this rim.... kinda cancels out the weight you've saved??? I'm all for drilled rims, but surely theres a limit to what rim tape can do? :P Undrilled rim: 790g normal rim tape: 20g drilled rim: 610g duct tape to cover holes: 25g You do the math! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spode@thinkbikes Posted December 1, 2005 Report Share Posted December 1, 2005 I had my disc punched out with custom lettering, so kind of similar to what you're doing. And then it snapped. Where the capital E was, there was a really weak point. Hope replaced it on warranty and it ended up on my XC bike which has twin DH4's. And then the other day I noticed a rubbing and low and behold - it had snapped on the E again! It should still last. Last time I was riding trials on it, an inch section snapped of the disc. Then eventually the whole disc just tore off. Snapped every single arm on it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.Wood Posted December 1, 2005 Report Share Posted December 1, 2005 Not really going through the same stresses as a rim though is it? BTW, the join-drilling trick is the way forwards, for that extra 3.69" on your sidehop :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felix Posted December 1, 2005 Report Share Posted December 1, 2005 BTW, the join-drilling trick is the way forwards, for that extra 3.69" on your sidehop :P I measured 3.83" the other day. Boredom mag definitely started a new trend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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