the_soon_to_be Posted August 16, 2005 Report Share Posted August 16, 2005 ok i have just been looking through the bike pics and spotted fatmike's, his back wheel is awesome, 2 rims joined together, have they been welded together or.... i have heard hat someone else has done this as well, don't worry i am not going to steal your idea, just very curious gaz.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RicH_87 Posted August 16, 2005 Report Share Posted August 16, 2005 yeh mr. ali c did it as-well: think he just welded two together and laced them up using alternate holes. Don't think he still uses it though but not sure why. sure he'll post soon enough anyway. :- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philking Posted August 16, 2005 Report Share Posted August 16, 2005 I think it seems like a good idea, but in practice the welding (well the heat from the welding) made the rim soft as cheese, so it defeated the object a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josephine Posted August 16, 2005 Report Share Posted August 16, 2005 Mike hasn't welded his, it's got 16 bolts holding them together as well as a bit of Araldite :- Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davetrials Posted August 16, 2005 Report Share Posted August 16, 2005 has he cut the sidewalls off? how does he not get a puncture :- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_Tupman Posted August 16, 2005 Report Share Posted August 16, 2005 has he cut the sidewalls off? how does he not get a puncture :- ← By proberly using a large amount of duck tape :- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali C Posted August 16, 2005 Report Share Posted August 16, 2005 the rims that I made I removed the inner walls then got them welded together, but as was said the heat softened the metal defeting the purpose of having it done in the first place. If it was just tacked, then I recken it would be ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swize Posted August 16, 2005 Report Share Posted August 16, 2005 (edited) has he cut the sidewalls off? how does he not get a puncture :- ← NICE HUGE tyre I carn't remember the make , and parcle tape used as rim tape so it covers bouth rims also a DH tube, but if all goes to plan and the rim is stronge enoufgh he will be running tubless so no need to worry about punctures. The thing is it looks a bugger to lace glad I didunt have to do it . Anyone thinking of doing it I would reccomend getting the right legnth bolts and not having to cut them down as it took us hours cutting and fileing :- . Sam Edited August 16, 2005 by samthebiker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phatmike Posted August 16, 2005 Report Share Posted August 16, 2005 Yeah, mins is indeed a Mavic XC717 and an XM719 (517 and 519 to the oldies :-) bolted together with 16 3mm bolts. Drilling was very simple, just get it in the small area where the sidewalls are vertical n the inside. Whack the bolts in, with a bit of superglue on. It's 46.2mm wide, and of course grinds like a beast. Definately much better and quicker than welding/tacking it. :- I use a big ass DH (Mitchelin) inner tube, as well as loads of talcum powder, and lots of paper and gaffa tape over the "inner" sidewalls, aswell as a 1.5kg Swalbe Al Mighty tyre. The rim weighs about 920g, and the whole wheel near 4kg :"> When my Maxxis Minion, 2.35", 42a, SINGLE Ply tyre comes (850g), I'll be running tubeless, and so will save nearly a kilogram, so will be more sensible! Definately worth the small effort involved. Mike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_soon_to_be Posted August 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2005 cheers guys, seems like alot of effort to not much prevail gaz.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siders77 Posted August 16, 2005 Report Share Posted August 16, 2005 Pete asked me to post this for him, as he's not validated. Off to Slovaka, f**k you England and all the sinenrs i know there. Just bought new house. Janka i love you baby says: it;s a Surly Large Marge 65mm rim with 2.7'' tyre largets out yet :- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_soon_to_be Posted August 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2005 thats quite cool, does anyone have any pics of the process, or just the inside of the rim (s) without the tyre on the bolts sound a better idea than welding gaz... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.Wood Posted August 16, 2005 Report Share Posted August 16, 2005 Pete asked me to post this for him, as he's not validated. *Peter's bikecycle* :- ← Hmm... That bike looks like it's be awesome to ride... :- Anyways, maybe Mavic will see the need for this wonder-rim and srtart producing them for little monies. Maybe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted August 16, 2005 Report Share Posted August 16, 2005 OMGz is that THE helium Pashley? :- Looks very pimp, but really, really weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James_Porter Posted August 16, 2005 Report Share Posted August 16, 2005 how the f**k does that wheel/tyre fit in that frame pete... :- or anyone that knows :- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siders77 Posted August 16, 2005 Report Share Posted August 16, 2005 Apparently he twatted the stays and stuff with a mallet. :- HAHA :- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave33 Posted August 16, 2005 Report Share Posted August 16, 2005 them are his home made forks to and from what i can see in the pic hes using a hope xc 4 on the front and hes using a hope xc4 lever for the rear maggy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
totaltrials Posted August 17, 2005 Report Share Posted August 17, 2005 the rims that I made I removed the inner walls then got them welded together, but as was said the heat softened the metal defeting the purpose of having it done in the first place. If it was just tacked, then I recken it would be ok. ← Go get it normalised and your sorted, you heat it up you can return it the way it was or you can make it harder if you want, it depends how you do it, so welding it would be fine, but it would need some heat treatment proccess afterwards and taking it to a heat treatment plant and gettting it done is very cheap. Phil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lukeee Posted August 17, 2005 Report Share Posted August 17, 2005 That Salsa rim is stupidly expensive http://www.billys.co.uk/billys/english/gro...hp?prod=rmsu-lm To be honest i wouldn't bother.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-Stop Junkie Posted August 17, 2005 Report Share Posted August 17, 2005 Why not use Snowcat rims? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucky Posted August 17, 2005 Report Share Posted August 17, 2005 That Salsa rim is stupidly expensive http://www.billys.co.uk/billys/english/gro...hp?prod=rmsu-lm To be honest i wouldn't bother.... ← 65MM!!!!!!!!!! arent most frames that wide never mind with a tyre on too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Motivator Posted August 18, 2005 Report Share Posted August 18, 2005 Whats the point of all this?!? One rim is fine for 100 reasons :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Nick Riviera Posted August 18, 2005 Report Share Posted August 18, 2005 why doesnt somone just weld some tryall rims together 150mm rear wheel :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JIX Posted August 18, 2005 Report Share Posted August 18, 2005 150mm rear wheel How did you work that out|?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Motivator Posted August 18, 2005 Report Share Posted August 18, 2005 more like 94mm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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