What to do with a broken KH rim....



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kington99

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I had one of those early KH rims that split, to the extent that the
entire sidewall of the rim came off, the rim was in otherwise good
shape so I thought Id try and make something of it as I genreally like
putting stuff together from junk. And so behold, the KH Mirror!

OK the photos aren't great, but it's surprisingly difficult to take a
photo of a mirror, it does look damn cool hanging on my wall and gives
a useful sized mirror.


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kington99 wrote:
> I had one of those early KH rims that split, to the extent that the
> entire sidewall of the rim came off, the rim was in otherwise good
> shape so I thought Id try and make something of it as I genreally like
> putting stuff together from junk. And so behold, the KH Mirror!
>
> OK the photos aren't great, but it's surprisingly difficult to take a
> photo of a mirror, it does look damn cool hanging on my wall and gives
> a useful sized mirror.


That's pretty cool! I just called UDC to ask if my rim with the faulty
groove would be replaced under warranty. The guy I talked to played
dumb and said he would have someone (Amie I think he said) call me. My
bet is they won't replace it, but I might be pleasantly surprised!


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misleading thread title...

but yeah, thats awesome. how did you find a piece of mirror that size?
in the first pic it looks like theres a hole in your wall and your
looking at someone with a camera.


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MuniAddict wrote:
> That's pretty cool! I just called UDC to ask if my rim with the faulty
> groove would be replaced under warranty. The guy I talked to played
> dumb and said he would have someone (Amie I think he said) call me. My
> bet is they won't replace it, but I might be pleasantly surprised!



I think there was actualy a thread mentioning the broken rim and people
getting theirs replaced. I would search hard for that thread because it
would definatly be worth finding.


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MuniAddict - i was talking about UDC UK, they replaced it without me
even asking and even reimbursed me the cost of sending the hub and
spokes to them, again without me asking.There was never any question
atall as to whether it would be replaced or not, but then Roger's like
that.

Radical - i realised the title might seem more like a question after
i'd posted, but i thought it might prompt other good ideas for stuff
you cold make with one

ice_cold -i got a local independent hardware store to cut the glass for
me, believe or not they did the cutting free of charge, and only
charged me £11 for the glass :) It's about 50.5mm diametre so there
was no way i was going to get one off the shelf that size. When i was
lining it up for glueing it was on top of my chest freezer with a
stoney wall behind it, it looked just like someone had dug a well down
through the middle of the freezer, really quite odd.


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kington99 wrote:
> MuniAddict - i was talking about UDC UK, they replaced it without me
> even asking and even reimbursed me the cost of sending the hub and
> spokes to them, again without me asking.There was never any question
> atall as to whether it would be replaced or not, but then Roger's like
> that.
>
> Radical - i realised the title might seem more like a question after
> i'd posted, but i thought it might prompt other good ideas for stuff
> you cold make with one
>
> ice_cold -i got a local independent hardware store to cut the glass for
> me, believe or not they did the cutting free of charge, and only
> charged me £11 for the glass :) It's about 50.5mm diametre so there
> was no way i was going to get one off the shelf that size. When i was
> lining it up for glueing it was on top of my chest freezer with a
> stoney wall behind it, it looked just like someone had dug a well down
> through the middle of the freezer, really quite odd.

Just *before* I read this post, I called UDC (after ordering a new KH
replacement rim 2 days ago) and asked them if they would replace it. I
just got confirmation that they WILL replace it; actually, since the
new is on the way, they will credit me the cost of the rim that I had
already paid for. Me happy!:D


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that's awesome.

good thing my rim doens't have the groove!


so are you doing top of the world the sunday Terry?


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mornish wrote:
> that's awesome.
>
> good thing my rim doens't have the groove!
>
>
> so are you doing top of the world the sunday Terry?

Why did I miss something? But sure I guess I could since this past
sunday was so much fun! A reporter and photographer from the *-Orange
County Register-* (a great metropolitan newspaper!) came out and
interviewed me, Jim and my friend Perry, then they got some great shots
too! The story will be out next Tuesday, 9/19/06! The OC kids were late
so unfortunately they weren't interviewed or anything. SHould be a good
big write-up. :D:):rolleyes::p


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if my rim were worth anything i would beat it back to slightly straight
and do that... thats a really cool idea tho.


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sutton629 wrote:
> if my rim were worth anything i would beat it back to slightly straight
> and do that... thats a really cool idea tho.




I agree, but in this case i ripped the entire sidewall off the rim, so
it was still straight but completely irrepairable.


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