colored rims on the cheap?
besides painting the actual rims.. any alternatives to this that won't wear out too quickly?

if you like red, blood stains pretty well.

depends on your definition of cheap, if velocity rims are the ones you want but are too expensive, then pretty much all I know is the weinmann dp18's.

these are pretty cheap
https://orangecounty.craigslist.org/bik/588249868.html

Sharpie.

Check out bikeisland.com, $140 shipped, the link should be over there ---->

Nobody's mentioned Velocity Deep V's yet?

here are DP-18's in red white black and yellow for 22.

Blue and white with machined sidewall for 24

only in 32 hole. If they were 36 hole, I would buy them ( I have a special build coming up)

https://www.niagaracycle.com/index.ph...sort=3a&page=2

what is the benefit of 36 vs 32 aside from 4 more spokes, more weight, and possibly strength?

i would say the weight from four spokes to be negligible at best.

A stronger wheel that should stay in true better and have less chance of breaking spokes.

i'm a heavy dude (close to 2 bills), and i've rocked a set of 32s pretty damn hard for 8 months (2 small crashes) and they're perfectly true. 32 should do anyone just fine.

though, my builder is pretty damn good & has a 500lb. wheel press.

I'm going to disagree with this. I'm 85kg, and I usually ride 36 spoked wheels. I have one set of 32 spoked wheels which I break spokes on all the time, although in many, many, years of riding I've never broken a spoke on a 36 spoked wheel.

For 99.999% of this forum. None.

Man you are quite a bit faster shaving those 4 spokes off that rear wheel there.

if you're not braking, de-lace the rim, spray paint it with some nice auto stuff, clearcoat it a few times, then re-lace it.
i know someone who's done this with no issue whatsoever.

BTW, the hub that I am using for the rear only comes in 36hole. That is the reason I need a 36 hole rim.

Now I must disagree with you, I weigh 113+kg and have been riding a 32 hole mavic/formula rear for almost two years I bunny hop, jump curbs, ride in gravel, do wheelies, etc.... and have only ever had to even true the wheel once, and my single speed has the same rim but with a quando hub and I have never broken a single spoke on either one. I really don't understand how some people break spokes all the time.

I don't understand it either. The 32 Open Pro/Formula/Spaim Race are the only wheels I've ever broken spokes on, and I've ridden almost daily for the past 15 years. It might have something to do with the cobblestone roads, or perhaps it was a bad batch of spokes, either way I'm sticking with 36 from now on.

its alot of barnyard theory in my opinion.
an old boss used to preach my current belief day in and day out.
you can have 90 spokes in your wheel and a well built 32 spoke wheel will be just as strong.
look at bmx if you dont believe. 8 years ago every top pro was running 48 spokes, now their all running 36 or 32.
you build a good wheel, it will hold.
i'm 210 and on a 32 in the rear and a 24 in the front. not a single issue, nor will i have any.

yes I agree, as long as your not using a rim brake, most automotive base/clear urethanes should hold up very well indeed, with some of the candies (colored tinted clears) being the most spectacular looking, especially if applied over the bare aluminum. (over a machined rim would look SWEET!)


remember that bare aluminum needs some special prep work, and usually a sealer before the color and clear.

pretty much anything rattlecan will look good at first, but wear, chip and peel very quickly, ESPECIALLY on a wheel (which take a beating)

there is some special stuff from these guys:
ww.por-15.com
but it's kinda weird stuff (xylene based), and does NOT behave like a standard urethane, however once you get over the (rather steep) learning curve, they have some of the most durable stuff available on the planet right now, especially the direct to metal coatings.

obviously to use any of this stuff you need compressor, paint gun (detail guns are your friend here) GOOD respirator* and a space to shoot.

(*isocyantes are NO joke)

i wonder if something like this would work out...