BMX - Lookin' for new rims but cant find any

Ok, i have a haro F3 bmx bike. i dont race i just fart around with my freinds having contest who can do the ferthest wheelie and stuff like that. Anyway, i am looking for new 5-spoke black (i think there plastic because i dont want to spend alot of money on carbon) rims for it. if anybody has a website with pictures please send me them. Oh and if anybody can give me a price that would help alot.

and im wondering what kind of road tire i should get. im just using is for road

anybody guna help me here?

i have no idea what your talking about...be a little more specific. when you say "5 spoke" you mean the old school looking rims. dont remember the name but theres a thread all about them. and to answer your question "is anyone gonna help me" your lucky if they do. MOST of us arent "forum junkies" who sit around and wait for people to post new things...ridings better than posting....think the rims you want are "skyway mags"...and there not much less expensive then normal rims-plus their weaker.

or yea...picture...
www.danscomp.com >"bike parts"> "wheels-stock"> skyway mags.

ps. edit from earlier post: they are less expensive

ok sorry and i looked at the skyway mags already and they were not the right ones and i dont like how they look either

but they look like them though

oh s**t i found them but there not 5 spoke there three spoke like this.................
http://www.rudysbikes.com/2005/F3Maf_05lg.htm

Why the hell you would want to buy a mag wheel is beyond me. The things are awful.

Why the hell you would want to buy a mag wheel is beyond me. The things are awful.


he said they were cheaper...but if he needs new wheels than he messed up his so yea streetracer, you should go with a nice pair of wheels so you dont have to replace those shooty mags in the future.

No, he said that he didn't want to spend extra on carbon mags, as opposed to plastic.

Plastic wheels were cool. 25 years ago.

Plastic wheels were cool. 25 years ago.

ROFTL! ;)

Out of curiousity, any advantages of a composite wheel over spokes? I realize if you damage one, it's pretty much scrap whereas you can re-lace a spoked wheel.

Giant has a neato general use bike that doesn't have conventional spokes: http://snipurl.com/feli
I don't know enough to make a statement like "spokes are dead" but I think it's safe to at least say there are reasonable alternatives.

FYI: I have a 20" wheel folding bike which is why I'm pokin' around the BMX forum... figure I might learna thing or two about components relevant to my bike.

Chris

There are no advantages to mag wheels over spoked wheels. You can't true them. If they bend or break, you have to buy a whole new wheel as opposed to just some new spokes, and they're not any lighter than a regular wheel, with no strength gain.

MAGS SUCK - STOP LOOKING AT THEM - THEY ARE A WASTE OF MONEY


Don't hold back now, tell us how you really feel.

Don't hold back now, tell us how you really feel.
I feel that anyone that buys them is a complete and total fool when there is so much information about why not to buy them.

I do not 'feel' that they suck and are a waste of money - riders have proven over and over again why the DO suck and ARE a waste of money - so people should not buy them.

This is (very strictly speaking) statements specific to my knowledge of bmx specific riding and does not necessarily hold accurate for mt. bikes, road bikes, touring bikes, or kids bikes. It is only accurate for bmx - which is why I posted in this forum. ;)

those are some effed up wheels in the www.snipurl.com/feli

I feel that anyone that buys them is a complete and total fool when there is so much information about why not to buy them.

And to think I was just being sarcastic. It's cold and I don't want to go to work today. Maybe I'll waste a whole day on the forums instead. Maybe not.

its cold? in austrailia? in june?

those are some effed up wheels in the www.snipurl.com/feli

Marketing. Luxury and performance in the same sentence. They'll be bought by folks with too many dollars and not enough sense. And stolen by chopper bike builders that recognize the value of that wheelset for choppers. That front wheel would be perfect on some extended forks. Can you get the back wheel in 24"? And what a waste of 4.5 inches of rear travel. That's pretty much bringing "Bob" along for the ride.

its cold? in austrailia? in june?

Yeah. Winter is like that. No worries though, it will be 100 degrees in time for Christmas.

wow, give it to him with both barrels BMXTRIX.

he's right. mags are good for nothing other than looking different. get yourself a good set of spoked wheels. try to get something with sealed bearings too. if will make your life easier later.

flip @ albe's
www.albes.com

http://www.bikepartsusa.com/product_info.phtml?p=10-20shogo&large=1

that's what cool people get

then can somebody list a couple of good looking lightwheight wheels that are inexpensive thanks
and ps i dont do any real bmx racing in fact i dont race i just do tricks around the neighborhood with freinds

http://www.bikepartsusa.com/product_info.phtml?p=10-20shogo&large=1

that's what cool people get

WHOA!!!! do they make those in spinners?

DUDE - Stop acting like a dork and talking about looks. BMX is anti-looks. If you want to be pretty go bling it up with the homies down in pimp town.

If you want to do tricks, then do some listening and some reading.

Lesson 1:
There is no such thing as a really really really good part - that is also really cheap. A good wheelset? Easily $250.00 - or more.

Why?

Good chrome plated rims (for superior braking) - About $50.00 EACH
Sealed front hub with cassette rear hub - Profile SS - About $300.00 for both
Decent spokes - $40.00 for 100 plus $6.00 for nipples

That's $450.00 for a really good wheelset - makes some bikes look like a bargain.

If you go to www.danscomp.com and do some window shopping, you will see that the pricing on bike parts is all over the place, but typically quality is to be had in the more expensive products.

A good set of inexpensive rims (not great mind you, but good)
The Alex Triple Wall wheelset on Dans Comp at $140.00 is a very good buy for what you get. Those wheels could last you for the rest of your life depending on how hard you ride. Doing tricks is what these wheels are all about.

eBay very rarely has good deals on decent wheels, but if you search 'bmx wheels' on there you will get tons of hits back. Most of which are POS mags. Every now and then something looks halfway decent - like this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=48845&item=7160401933&rd=1

If you aren't doing any crazy riding, your wheelset should last you for years - and basically never need to be replaced.

Marketing. Luxury and performance in the same sentence. They'll be bought by folks with too many dollars and not enough sense. And stolen by chopper bike builders that recognize the value of that wheelset for choppers. That front wheel would be perfect on some extended forks. Can you get the back wheel in 24"? And what a waste of 4.5 inches of rear travel. That's pretty much bringing "Bob" along for the ride.


If you're talking about the rear rack interfering with the suspension travel, it doesn't.

It looks like it from the side but it's actually two beams supporting the rear rack with a gap in the middle for the tire.

I don't own one but they are pretty nice looking bikes.

No, I'm referring to the fact that it features all that rear wheel travel on a bike that will get ridden along some beach path or maybe around a retirement village.

[edit] "Bob" is a reference to the unwanted bouncing the rider will experience.