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  • Roll your own rim* FAIL-A-GEDDON CONTENT
  • cynic-al
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    So I had (1) a 29er rim, a load of random spokes and a hub (2) a desire to try 650B+ (3) the tight-fistedness only surpassed by a Yorkshireman and (4) lots of free time alone like all Big Hitters.

    So I cut the rim down, re joined it with araldite, laced it in a ****ed up pattern, and it’s come out OK.

    *no rolling actually occurred. Just waiting on druidh lending me a tyre

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    LoCo
    Free Member

    You don’t need us to tell you why this is a bad idea do you? 😐

    cynic-al
    Free Member

    Go on…

    EDIT actually if all you’re going to say is it won’t work then don’t bother 🙂

    seadog101
    Full Member

    What size are your boots?

    scotroutes
    Full Member

    [video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htZir_Taizg[/video]

    njee20
    Free Member

    Top bodgery. Well done!

    matt_outandabout
    Full Member

    Did you use a spoon?

    martinhutch
    Full Member

    Please film the first rocky descent…

    Actually interested in how long it manages to avoid catastrophic failure.

    mintimperial
    Full Member

    Woah. Impressive. There is no way in hell you could induce me to ride a bike with that thing stuck in the frame. Sir, I salute your total disregard for your personal safety and life in pursuit of intergalactically terrifying bodgery, truly you are pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in pursuit of that Darwin Award…

    cynic-al
    Free Member

    How many of you know anything about building wheels and how rims are held together?

    TiRed
    Full Member

    Wire beaded tyres?

    mintimperial
    Full Member

    Built loads of wheels, thanks, understand the theory well enough. Rather you than me is all. 🙂

    leffeboy
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    in awe 🙂 bestest bodge ever

    …until the next one of course

    did Keith Brontrager not used to do that?

    cynic-al
    Free Member

    No rationale then, mint?

    Kind of makes your words meaningless.

    It’s an experiment anyway, not expecting a long life from it

    mintimperial
    Full Member

    Sorry, I didn’t really mean my comment as a criticism! Well, bit of fun poking maybe, but no more, I’m honestly impressed, really. You’re obviously doing this to see how much of a bodge you can get away with. And that’s great! I was only being a little bit sarcastic for effect, sorry, mostly I think this is just very impressive dedication to shed-based nutter-engineering – it is a bit nuts, you have to admit.

    I’d still not ride it though, I have a kid to pay and a mortgage to worry about. The spoking pattern is the main problem I have with it, it’s uneven and will lead to stress in weird places followed by (possibly sudden unnanounced) collapse.

    cynic-al
    Free Member

    Cool, but I disagree 🙂 I’ll report back.

    boxelder
    Full Member

    I understand little – can I ask about spoke spacing, where you cut the chunk out?
    Those FBNimbles are slack beaded, so hope you cut out less rather than more.

    cynic-al
    Free Member

    The cut was almost exactly 2 spoke holes worth. Tried a folding sbc tyre on, it was neat.

    Lacing started off followings a pattern but a 32h hub into a 30h rim got random quickly.

    Dickyboy
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    Lacing started off followings a pattern but a 32h hub into a 30h rim got random quickly.

    had me giggling over my breakfast 🙂

    ghostlymachine
    Free Member

    The actual spoking is the only issue there.
    Cutting and gluing a wedge in is how rims have been made for decades.
    Some don’t even both with the glue, just knurled and wedged in lump (wouldn’t think you’ll find anything like that on a bike over 50 quid!)

    And it’s got no braking surface to worry about either.

    32 to 30. Did you get stoned first?

    Rorschach
    Free Member

    I find your lack of spoon disturbing.

    ScottChegg
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    not expecting a long life

    No; really?

    scaredypants
    Full Member

    awesome !

    pinned as well, by the looks – booo, that’s not fair 🙁

    did you close your eyes and pull your shitting face while you were tensioning it up ?

    bencooper
    Free Member

    Ha, good bodging!

    teamslug
    Free Member

    You should have drilled 2 more holes…or redrilled for 32 spokes?. Surely quite a few existing holes would have lined up. Top bodge though 😯

    bencooper
    Free Member

    What you really need – and I covet this device – is a rim drilling machine:

    panzerjager
    Free Member

    Fair play cynic-al, top job. Hope it works out for you.

    Just a thought, but weren’t a lot of the old Klunker rims cut & re-joined by Tom Ritchey, as they wanted lightweight rims which were only available to roadies? They seemed to get a proper hammering…
    If I’m correct then it’s also the reason we ended up with silly narrow rims for fat tyres all those years ago.

    Matt24k
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    Would you prefer flowers our a donation to your favourite charity?

    IA
    Full Member

    rim drilling machine:

    Torture machine or bicycle tool?! Bet now!

    You can’t tell from the name or the picture! 😉

    Rubber_Buccaneer
    Full Member

    I can’t see the picture but if the rim is pinned rather then just a dab of araldite on the cut ends I’d expect it to be fine.

    M6TTF
    Free Member

    best thread in ages – I salute your engineering prowess. chemical metal up the hub holes and redrill in correct placement for bonus points

    letmetalktomark
    Full Member

    I applaud you Sir.

    I have no idea why this wouldn’t work.

    Interested to hear how you get on.

    I am disappointed though regarding the lack o spoon. Couldn’t you just of said one or part of one was is there somewhere?

    gary
    Full Member

    Just a thought, but weren’t a lot of the old Klunker rims cut & re-joined by Tom Ritchey, as they wanted lightweight rims which were only available to roadies?

    I think you’re thinking of Bontrager cutting down ally road rims to 26″ as alluded to earlier.

    Top bodgery, and I bet it will take a lot of abuse before the funny spoking becomes a major issue assuming a half decent build. Wheels are not the mysterious magic some people seem to think!

    STATO
    Free Member

    Top bodgery, and I bet it will take a lot of abuse before the funny spoking becomes a major issue assuming a half decent build. Wheels are not the mysterious magic some people seem to think!

    Probably has better tension than most factory wheels all the scaredy cats above run.

    gonzy
    Free Member

    impressive bodgery cynic-al. reminds me of the time you built your own disc mount on a fork. where you made the cut on the rim i presume you crossed the spokes form the hub so the spokes help hold the join together?

    if you die….i want first dibs on your bikes!! 😆

    scotroutes
    Full Member

    More likely they’ll be held for the inquest and then destroyed.

    brakes
    Free Member

    how will/have you tested the wheel?

    euanc
    Free Member

    Brilliant.

    zero-cool
    Free Member

    Front or rear wheel?
    Footage of you riding it off-road or it didn’t happen. And proper off-road where you’d actually ride a 275+ bike, not just a dull fire road otherwise what’s the point?
    Well done for experimenting and trying stuff out. I’m sure you’re confident in how it works otherwise you’d not have done it.

    Tom KP

    Ps – don’t let the naysayers put you off.

    philjunior
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    The 30h would concern me far more than the cut and shut.

    That said, the worst that’s likely is you’ll break a few spokes or rip the hub flangesup.

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