Strongest/Strong standard rim?

why would u be looking for a small rim/tire combo to do three foot drops
on... why not get a beefy rim and trials tire?

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i have a profile trials, but i like the skinny tires for spins and other
tight manuvers that the trials just cant do.

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3 foot drops, use a cheap cycle pro! I dont know of any 20in rims that
cant take 3 foot drops.

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caw89 said:

*I dont know of any 20in rims that cant take 3 foot drops. *

my cx rim took a lot of them. not sure if it's supposed to but it
definitely did. i think it's still ok but i haven't checked to see if
it's bent or not

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um well I have a 2x32 20" tire on my trials and I do way bigger drops.
But I think it actually might be a 19 " rim

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A BMX rim designed for dirt jumping or street jumping will be good.
Look for one with a good reinforced box section. And look for one that
is wider. Wider is better.

Avoid the lightweight BMX rims designed for BMX racing. Those rims are
designed to be light rather than strong. The dirt jumping and street
rims are beefy and strong.

A local bike shop that carries BMX bikes will be able to help you pick
out a suitable rim depending on how much you want to spend.

A 1.5" tire is pretty skinny even for a freestyle tire. Most people
doing freestyle are using a tire at least 1.75" wide and many people are
using 2.0" and 2.1" or 2.25" tires. I use a 2.1" Primo Wall tire and it
works great for spins.

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yeah ok, i got the 1.50 mixed up, i bacicly ment standard tire.

i think for the uni im gona use...

BMX rim
Profile hub/cranks
Primo tire
Snafu pedals
Cusomt frame
Myaita air saddle
kinport handle
tomson rail adapter post

this is gona be a sweet uni!

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Evan Byrne said:

*yeah ok, i got the 1.50 mixed up, i bacicly ment standard tire.

i think for the uni im gona use...

BMX rim
Profile hub/cranks
Primo tire
Snafu pedals
Cusomt frame
Myaita air saddle
kinport handle
tomson rail adapter post

this is gona be a sweet uni! *

Are you going to build a 20" or 24" wheel?

The Profile cranks aren't short enough to really be able to do freestyle
with on a 20" wheel. You'll end up hitting the pedals on the ground
when you try to do a spin or try to turn sharp.

It would be better to go with the 'KH/Onza hub'
(http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=803) or the maybe the
'Qu-ax hub' (http://www.unicycle.com/Shopping/shopexd.asp?id=798). The
KH hub and the Qu-ax hub have 127 mm cranks available. If you're going
to be doing freestyleish type riding then the 127's are going to be much
better than 140's or 145's or 150's. The shortest cranks that you can
get for the Profile are 145's.

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its not for a freestyle uni, its for a street uni.

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Evan Byrne said:

*its not for a freestyle uni, its for a street uni. *

Yeah, a street uni that you want to use for spins and other tight
maneuvers. 140's or 145's are going to be too long for that. You'll be
hitting the pedals on the ground.

The main reason to have longish cranks on a trials uni is so you have
leverage when jumping from and landing on off-camber objects like large
boulders and such. You don't ride that type of terrain as much when
doing street. With street you're mostly jumping on flat surfaces. 127
mm cranks will work fine for that and they'll be short enough that you
can do those spins and tight maneuvers without hitting the pedals on the
ground.

If you want to go with long cranks then do so. But I'd suggest getting
a hub that will give you the option of putting on 127's later if/when
you find the 140's or 145's to be too long.

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Well i can do spins on my trials wich has 150s. so i figure that it will
work with 145s.

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Bedford Unicyles has a BMX triple wall 20" rim that will take our 3'
drop +. It's almost bombproof!

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is that the on that comes on the bc wheel?

it looks identical to the airfoil rim just 20"

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alex supra g tirple wall is what i have for street, and it's very good,
I also use the kh/onza 127mm crank set, and the short cranks are way
better for street than 145's

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what is s i mean like 145s what is that???

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145 mm cranks

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Evan,

I think our LBS up here has a complete splined Torker DX wheelset with
125's.

If you're interested I'll find out their price.

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i dont really trust a dx hub, my freind Cody swares by them but i think
i would break it

il be doing the same stuff a trials goes thrue, just with a thiner tire

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use the arrow racing DHX 20" rim.

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