Will it affect the warranty? 😀

Ooh I’ve just remembered I think i have a burr cutter in the garage somewhere.

Anybody remember the bloke who drilled holes in everything including rocker arms and rings? Seem to remember it all ended in tears. Anybody got links to the pics? I need a laugh

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Will it affect the warranty?

But I was just riding along and then all these holes appeared in my rim. 😆

Easy now sheldon lol there is a thread some three months ago trying to buy it 😉

Are you going to run the tyres tubeless so you can get away with lower pressures? 😉

How long would it take to pump up that front tire with a mini-pump?? A week? lol

Also, what does that tire cost and weigh?!

What sealant for 38mm holes? 😆

The reason the manufacturer won’t drill them is that it will significantly increase the cost.

Looks good – I’d be interested to hear how you get on with them.

With a bulk purchase of femidoms you could probably run tubeless… 😯

Wheels now built.

Just waiting for some reflective stuff to use as a rimtape.

Thanks bull & b the holes are now smoother than a very smooth thing.

I’ll drop your tool back to the one with the girls hair.

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2010_1129cheesewheel0024 by singlespeedstu, on Flickr

Built up by Barry? I saw you dropping it into Col’s on Friday afternoon.

Yep built up by Baz.

Been out for a quick spin on it and it’s not collapsed yet. 😉

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Pfft, 44mm FTW

Hmmm…my drill won’t cool down 😐

My hovercraft is full of eels.

Hmmm…my drill won’t cool down

😆 It does pull a bit of power out of your drill.

What you want is a comressor and use the blowgun to cool the drill doon. 😉

Oh and if you’ve got a Henry hoover run that aswell and use it to suck up the swarf as you drill.

Hose between legs drill in hands. 😯

Two of those holes at the bottom look awfull close. 😕

Yeah I should have laid off the wine eh?

I was holding it between my knees too, only 2 drill/jeans incidents, not much blood, different technique now 😮

The drill thing was really odd, too hot to hold and only cooled down once I unplugged it.

Please tell me you didn’t drill through the joint in the rim in your wine/burnt drill fumes haze. 😛

I did…why wouldn’t I have?

Saved 420gm 😎

I wouldn’t risk drilling the joint.

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looks like you could have done with a faster drill. 😉

I was waiting for it to cool down!

the joint is pinned at the walls so I feel ok drilling it.

It’ll be out of balance though as it’s not drilled at the valve hole. 😛

Maybe you could take it to Tyres R Us and they can put some counterbalance weight on for you. 😆

You should really stop it, I want one of those soooo much and the local shop (Swords, co. Dublin for the Eire-based) wants:
120 Euro – a rim
3 Euro – a spoke
2 hrs of labour a 50 Euro per hour
so with a 32h wheel the total is….300+ Euro.
Makes me wonder 😐

Think I’ll just drill at the valce hole, although I reckon with 2+kg of weight at the rim, 12gm won’t make a huge difference at the speeds I’ll be doing 😉

HC here was my deal: Rims £50, spokes £11, DIY build – all mail order retail prices available to you.

Gotta check the wife’s Paypal tonight then.
BTW Al, Valentine Day presents usually involve chocolate and bubbly 😉