rec.sport.unicycling · Public discussion

Re: KH or Alex rim?

Started by torkerdx · · Last activity · 12 posts · 256 views

Thread navigation

Jump through the discussion

Go to the original post, the replies on this page, or the latest preserved contribution.

Thread details

What we know about this thread

Original section
rec.sport.unicycling
Published
11 December 2006
Last activity
11 December 2006
Original author
torkerdx
Posts
12
Discussion status
Public discussion
Total views
256
Views / 30 days
0

The navigation and discussion metadata provide context. Posts remain in their original chronological order.

Showing posts 1–12 of 12
Posts remain in their original chronological order.

Text size
  1. in the club i am in we have 9+ alex rims and only 2 old KH and 1 new KH
    ALex rims are old (03?) and they are still being made (they generally
    don't keep making junk so) and i don't know anyone who has destroyed
    one and the KH hasn't had that long of a period to be tested

    muzzle said:

    Liek what they said. KH is wider, and it also has eyelets which are also
    and advantage

    i ride an alex rim with eyelets it just depends on where you get it
    from

    --
    torkerdx

    GILD said:

    If it was a naked young lady, would we be shouting about sexual
    objectification?

    gordito8me said:

    it's like running across the highway at rush hour. Dangerous, stupid,
    but not really that fun.

    skrobo said:

    i would rather ride a brick than have a folding tire


    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    torkerdx's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/12543
    View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/55580

  2. What exactly do the eyelets do in the rim? Just save weight?

    --
    gordito8me
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    gordito8me's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/13641
    View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/55580

  3. gordito8me said:

    What exactly do the eyelets do in the rim? Just save weight?

    Stops spokes from possibly ripping through the rim as far as I know.

    Also allows you to use Aluminum nipples.

    If you use aluminum nipples on an aluminum rim, they will fuse together
    over time.

    --
    Borgschulze

    Torker DX!
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Borgschulze's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/13501
    View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/55580

  4. the DX32 is a great rim, but for trials/street the wider the rim, the
    less likely your tyre is to bend and all. THe new KH rim doesnt break
    either....

    The DX32 is gerat, but the KH is 9mm wider whihc is enormous. Also the
    onza rim is basically the same as the KH and the tryall rim is pretty
    good too.

    --
    brendan
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    brendan's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/13680
    View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/55580

  5. Put it this way, Kris used to ride on DX-32s and bust them alot, then he
    designed a rim of his own, would he make it better or worse? 🙂

    --
    kington99

    Dave

    - what a thoroughly post-modern subversion of the cycling genre -
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    kington99's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/9417
    View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/55580

  6. kington99 said:

    Put it this way, Kris used to ride on DX-32s and bust them alot, then he
    designed a rim of his own, would he make it better or worse? 🙂

    +1

    PM

    --
    Probailer2

    john_childs said:

    Mmmmm... Sexy welds.

    musketman said:

    Kris Holm owns death

    abbabibble said:

    cody bent his koxx.

    he was working it pretty hard.


    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Probailer2's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/11034
    View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/55580

  7. +another 1

    Another rim that looks awesome is the Koxx street rim. Not drilled for
    extra strength, and it comes in a sick orange color. O yeah, eyeletted
    too.

    --
    maximus unius

    Quoted message said:

    Originally Posted by *Beener*
    Is ISIS, ISIS, is ISIS not ISIS, is KOXX ISIS really ISIS, is Kris Holm
    ISIS more ISIS than KOXX ISIS, ISISISISISIS!


    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    maximus unius's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/13699
    View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/55580

  8. wait you said the koxx street rim is not drilled for more strength.. but
    then you say O yeah eyeletted too? wtf?

    and the Koxx rim (eyeletted trial rim) is good but its more expensive
    than the kh rim

    --
    brendan
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    brendan's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/13680
    View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/55580

  9. maximus unius said:

    +another 1

    Another rim that looks awesome is the Koxx street rim. Not drilled for
    extra strength, and it comes in a sick orange color. O yeah, eyeletted
    too.

    I want one of those bad-boys for my trials. I'm skeptical about
    drilled rims. And I'd like something stronger than what I've got now
    (alex).

    --
    TrialsUni
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    TrialsUni's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/7986
    View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/55580

  10. brendan said:

    wait you said the koxx street rim is not drilled for more strength.. but
    then you say O yeah eyeletted too? wtf?

    and the Koxx rim (eyeletted trial rim) is good but its more expensive
    than the kh rim

    Eyelets are the the silver things that line the inside of the hole for
    the nipple. Drilled holes are the big holes that are used ti save
    weigh, but make it somewhat weaker.

    --
    maximus unius

    Quoted message said:

    Originally Posted by *Beener*
    Is ISIS, ISIS, is ISIS not ISIS, is KOXX ISIS really ISIS, is Kris Holm
    ISIS more ISIS than KOXX ISIS, ISISISISISIS!


    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    maximus unius's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/13699
    View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/55580

  11. Eyeletted doesn't mean the rim is drilled, it means it has these nice
    steel 'rings' in the holes the spokes go in.

    Eyeletted rim:
    [image:
    http://www.edinburgh-bicycle.co.uk/catalogue/images/rim_mavic_t261.jpg]

    Eyelets:
    [image: http://img.alibaba.com/photo/50575428/Eyelets.jpg]

    Cheers,

    Dustin

    EDIT: Nevermind, Maximus already explained it

    --
    DustinSchaap

    Sponsored by 'MUNICYCLE.COM' (http://municycle.com) and 'SEMCYCLE'
    (http://semcycle.nl)
    'EenWiel.nl' (http://eenwiel.nl), the Dutch Unicyclist Community
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    DustinSchaap's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/12614
    View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/55580

  12. ah allright, sorry about my stupidity, i guess you learn things everyday
    😄

    --
    brendan
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    brendan's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/13680
    View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/55580

Active in the last 60 minutes

Active in this thread

0 users · 0 guests ·0 bots ·0 total

No signed-in users are active right now.

No known search crawlers active right now.