Drilling My Stock Rims Would It Work?

[ashby-trials]

its been a while since someone as replied from this topic lol

[BIG L]

hey guys im wondering if i drilled my rims would work like and wt kind of drill to use i want to drill my onza rims there just a pair of standard ones im thinking what should i do drill it my self or get some sort of proffesssional to do it i need your help please lol ?

well to start dont drill your rims if you do not have discs i know some one who did it and it just shreded through his magura rim brake pads (lol)

Edited May 31, 2006 by BIG L

[Fvil]

question

what if i was (am) usin disk brake(front) and i was to drill it

would i drill it just like the onza drilled rims(on the sides and not the spokes bit)

and

would it weaken the rim???

[N.Wood]

If you're a lard arse/a very very good rider then it may make a difference in strength.

But if you just do small holes you'll be fine. If it's just the look you want, don't drill all the way through the rim wall, just enough to make a circle of exposed metal.

For everyone who says don't drill the join, if you're relitively at ease with tools and the way things work, you'll realise the majority of rims are pinned at the join.

So the metal is extruded through a die, bent into shape, and 2 pins lock into each other at the join, leaving a gap between the pins.

With the correct size drill bit you can drill in between these pins without any problem.

Then you can use this as a valve hole, and drill the current valve hole to the size of the others.