wooden rims
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wooden rims
hi everyone. i'm throwing this one out for the approval of the midnight society: what do you think about wooden rims on the street? they are so motherf-ing cool to me...the grain, the old-schooliness, the possibility of total catastrophic failure, the smooth (i've heard) ride...i was wondering a couple things... #1-does anyone still make them (as in mass-produce...)? i've read a couple web pages about a guy who hand laminates them. and i've searched the forums and not come up with much. #2-how much would you trust some old used ones from ebay? #3-does anyone on the forum ride them? #4- how much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood rims? #5-i guess that's it. p.s. the real reason i want them is to pull flaming skids. haha "flaming skids" ok thanks in advance
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Deadly. They are slick as all get out, I can't deny, but I would never ride them with the chance that they might shatter at any moment. Take those out of the smooth velodrome and you're just asking to bite it hard.
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If you do it go with spruce laminate and they would be very strong.
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If you found any mint, they'd cost ya. They're rare and would look good on a showpiece or your wall.
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Originally Posted by koffee brown
I talked to a guy that builds steel bikes with wooden rims. He said they were extremely strong- did not compromise the ride at all. The bike was schweet!
Koffee
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thanks
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Anybody seen this? Its a wooden bike from sogreni. They also make a bike that looks like a goat......really.