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Trials rim? (Which)

Fuego · 2005-05-24T02:24:47+00:00

So, I currently have my KH MUni, and that's suiting me fine for trials, it's great. My trials is unsplined, has bent cranks, and if I ride it I hurt my knees. I'm thinking about renovating it so that I can get better at trials and street, since that's what I do mostly. I'm thinking I'm going to get a new KH hub and cranks or profiles, not sure which, keep the united frame (probably), keep the tire (it's not too worn), and keep the pedals and seat. The main question I'm having now is which rim should I get? I pulled a couple of spokes and pulled bumps in the monty rim currently on it. It appears Arrow Racing trials rims are out of stock, so what to do? What does everyone think about the new KH rims? I had the muni one break on me, but I think this one doesn't have the defect that caused that. What about the DX32? How strong is that? Are there any alternatives somewhere else? (other than uni.com) -- Fuego - Has a Brain "Unicycling is more about the center of concentration than the center of balance." 'OneWheelNinjaSquad' (http://gallery.unicyclist.com/OneWheelNinjaSquad) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fuego's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/6983 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/40626

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Fuego
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24 May 2005, 02:24 UTC #1

So, I currently have my KH MUni, and that's suiting me fine for trials,
it's great. My trials is unsplined, has bent cranks, and if I ride it I
hurt my knees. I'm thinking about renovating it so that I can get better
at trials and street, since that's what I do mostly. I'm thinking I'm
going to get a new KH hub and cranks or profiles, not sure which, keep
the united frame (probably), keep the tire (it's not too worn), and keep
the pedals and seat.
The main question I'm having now is which rim should I get? I pulled a
couple of spokes and pulled bumps in the monty rim currently on it. It
appears Arrow Racing trials rims are out of stock, so what to do? What
does everyone think about the new KH rims? I had the muni one break on
me, but I think this one doesn't have the defect that caused that. What
about the DX32? How strong is that? Are there any alternatives somewhere
else? (other than uni.com)
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DK
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24 May 2005, 02:35 UTC #2

'Try-all' (http://tinyurl.com/ccqmg) buy that one. Its wider and lighter
than a dx-32. Lots of pros use them and they look keul.
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Fuego
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24 May 2005, 03:36 UTC #3

but strength?
It's drilled, I dunno if it's gonna work.
I like strong wheels. I hate breaking rims.
Will it take 6' drops?
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john_childs
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24 May 2005, 03:58 UTC #4

DK said:
*'Try-all' (http://tinyurl.com/ccqmg) buy that one. Its wider and
lighter than a dx-32. Lots of pros use them and they look keul. *
The pros use those drilled out rims for competition. For everyday
banging around they use a real rim that isn't drilled out like swiss
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DK
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24 May 2005, 13:37 UTC #5

Im gonna have to disagree with you about [censored] rims, but if you
think its cant hold up... people to 10+ foot drops on these things wih
probably less air in the tire that you use. Its your call, but i would
encourage you to watch some trials vids and see how strong they are.
Gerblefranklin put on on his trials uni, and I be interested to see how
he likes it.
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juggle508
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24 May 2005, 15:20 UTC #6

You still may want a different rim, but Kris said that the old batch of
his rims had a defect in them. They have been fixed now. So you probably
can't go with what you have saw on them lately.
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Fuego
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24 May 2005, 21:43 UTC #7

Ok, I'm glad to hear the defect in the trials rims was worked out. I
think I'm going to go with a DX32 or KH, probably.
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24 May 2005, 22:22 UTC #8

In Universe 2 i think a couple of riders ride the alex dx 32.
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24 May 2005, 22:31 UTC #9

the drilled holes in the rim dont mean anything but weight reduction.
The holes are inbetween the spokes and the spokes are what take the
stress so it is not a big deal about strength. And try-all is a really
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unicyclepa
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25 May 2005, 00:15 UTC #10

what about the arow raceing rim
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john_childs
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25 May 2005, 00:22 UTC #11

brockfisher05 said:
*the drilled holes in the rim dont mean anything but weight reduction.
The holes are inbetween the spokes and the spokes are what take the
stress so it is not a big deal about strength. And try-all is a really
good company. *
It still weakens the rim.
Typically the fancy lightweight rims are used for competition and when
they shoot their videos. Then they use a standard rim when banging
around and practicing. That doesn't mean that some people don't use the
drilled out rims full time.
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Fuego
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25 May 2005, 01:08 UTC #12

unicyclepa said:
*what about the arow raceing rim *
the arrow's out of stock at uni.com.
I'm thinking about just keeping my monty. It's in decent shape, so I
could survive it.
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25 May 2005, 03:23 UTC #13

I've never had any problems with my DX-32
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25 May 2005, 10:13 UTC #14

fcwegnm0b said:
*I've never had any problems with my DX-32 *
Same to me... but i use the TryAll.
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john_childs
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25 May 2005, 21:17 UTC #15

Rowan said:
*Where do you gather these statistics John? Have you met several
people with these drilled rims who's riding habits you have studied?
*
I've talked to local trials bike riders. One guy was a big guy and he's
had problems with rims failing along with other bits of his bike. I did
ask him about drilled out rims (he doesn't use them).
So it all depends. Some people get by with the drilled out rims while
others do not. Don't be fooled into thinking that just because you see
them at trials competitions and in videos that they use those rims and
other weight weenie parts full time. You don't get weight reduction for
free.
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25 May 2005, 23:30 UTC #16

[threadjack] DK, you're a freaking photo stealer! I had that avatar
photo of yours saved on my compy forever from i-am-bored.com. I should
have made it my avatar earlier! [/threadjack]
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