Luke Rainbird Posted October 11, 2006 Report Share Posted October 11, 2006 Ronnies are wank after aboput 3 grinds.Not if you are Pete Wright;I've re-built my 1 Ronnie rim about 15 times now! It's had 8 Grinds and does a 12ft drop pretty much every time i ride me bike! I have just noticed aafter trying differnt psi and silly low 12psi was my lowest i have a tiny split apearing on the join! Back to normal psi all is good!I grind the hell out of my rim, it's got some nasty slips with the grinder where i 1st learnt how to use one! Well till i devloped my grinding skill which rocks!Would that fit in a frame?Again, if you are Mr Wrong - he ran one in a Pashley years back. Think there was frame bending or something involved, however, I can't say for sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orgun_Donor Posted October 11, 2006 Report Share Posted October 11, 2006 Hahaha what ronnie rim? And what 12ft drop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat hudson Posted October 11, 2006 Report Share Posted October 11, 2006 i found the strongest rim ive ever used was my sun mamoth rim although old skool echo rims were strong. yer big fat mammoth ***!! my one tok loads of shit, and came away true and in one peice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew_Gibson Posted October 11, 2006 Report Share Posted October 11, 2006 Ronnies are poop after 3 grinds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun H Posted October 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2006 Ronnies are poop after 3 grinds My Ronnie was pretty good for me, it had a couple of flat spots but I'm a bit of a heffar when it comes to gapping.But I only ground it once over 6 months before switching to V!Z (fecking awesome). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davetrials Posted October 11, 2006 Report Share Posted October 11, 2006 Who said echo cnc rims... i ourta spank you.[attachmentid=7489] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisboats Posted October 11, 2006 Report Share Posted October 11, 2006 I think theres only one thing to say about that ronnie rim Mr Gibson, Pump your tyre up and stop being so unsmooth.My ronnie has truthfully had about 30 grinds. I used to do quite light grinds with my old plazzies then got a bit more savage with it after a little while. It got ground at the slightest hint of the grinds sharpness wearing off, which was usually about every 5 to 7 days, more or less depending on how much i rode it. Had the rim around 8 months and it was still running up until a week ago.Your rim is in perfect condition compared to my old one, i'll get some pictures if i have to in a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeNNy Posted October 11, 2006 Report Share Posted October 11, 2006 Ronnies are poop after 3 grinds Just put a fourth grind on mine Whoops...Some proper pictures of the Mirror rims are on Tarty's website.. They dont look as shiney, probably cos of the lighting as tarty said Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew_Gibson Posted October 11, 2006 Report Share Posted October 11, 2006 Just put a fourth grind on mine Whoops... Some proper pictures of the Mirror rims are on Tarty's website.. They dont look as shiney, probably cos of the lighting as tarty saidI wouldn't worry too much matey! I'm the harshest of riders. I have a Ronnie not and i dont plan on grinding it as I'm goint to run Zoo! pads on a clean rim! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jez Posted October 11, 2006 Report Share Posted October 11, 2006 I have an unground Ronnie that's about as stable as Dubya.If width isn't an issue, I've put Rhyno Lites through hell and back, and they've only ever had a brief introduction to my spoke key. Small braking surface though, and dunno what they'll be like after they've had a sidewall/cutting disc interface. Need to be well laced as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrashZen Posted October 12, 2006 Report Share Posted October 12, 2006 Koxx is the best rim I ever had (wrecked an awful lot of mavic before that) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bEavoLa Posted October 12, 2006 Report Share Posted October 12, 2006 A DH one yeah, but then thy run dual discs the Sulry Large Marge rim - for it is he - is used on the Surly Pugsly bike, which is meant for travel over sand and snow, due to the HUUUUGE footprint of a 65mm wide rim and 3" tyres! the frame and forks have to be made especially wide to accomodate them though...and it weighs a tonne, so it's no good for trials! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eskimo Posted October 12, 2006 Report Share Posted October 12, 2006 Seems to me that the only reason you lot break rims so much is that you grind them maybe and run low pressure.But that can't be helped i guess, so perhaps someone will make a rim with a thicker sidewall. Deng? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Cable Posted October 12, 2006 Report Share Posted October 12, 2006 Seems to me that the only reason you lot break rims so much is that you grind them maybe and run low pressure.But that can't be helped i guess, so perhaps someone will make a rim with a thicker sidewall. Deng?He will annodise the inside of the sidewall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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