>stress on my wheels, yet spokes seem to fail long before the rims do ... >> do people buy this crap? Polished aluminum is a beautiful finish >> in itself ...

Mar 28, 1999 ... cannot dissipate as it should by conduction into the aluminum rim that ... Other than that the brake pads on my bike with ceramic rims last much ...

Now why would the aluminum-based rims be heavier than the steel ones ... aluminum, so as long as the aluminum wheel is not, on average, more than 2.5 ...

and fail where aluminum rims never had problems before. Anodizing is a hard ... into a spiral long enough to make six or so rims. This is heat treated ...

You will go through about 25 2 inch wheels on one rim. I had to make a long extension for my die grinder to get into those cramped areas of the ends of the ...

non-anodized aluminum bat should soon begin happily whacking them out of ... the rims last 1/10 as long. Do the math on what that does to the cost of ...

How long do they wear? Can you unbend a flat spot and rebuild without a ... Does anodizing significantly weaken aluminum parts like rims, > handlebars ...

Sorry, does not make the aluminum of the rim any stiffer to reduce buckling.. ... If the question is, "What rim will last longer" then you can only say ...

Aug 10, 2021 ... However, that advantage does not exist over tubulars, and there is a far greater likelihood of experiencing a flat due to rim damage. Allow me ...

would need to be replaced. Since I had written off the rim I took the liberty to do ONE final try - ... You mean aluminum rims of course, right? I don't ...

> vague notion of plain aluminum rims, anodized rims, and hard-anodized ... > Does one method protect better than the other or last longer? What do > high ...

Because the ultralight Velocity rim is a fragile race day product, to make a ~400g aluminum rim that wide the extrusion has to be thin and use a soft alloy to ...

Oct 7, 2017 ... I just subjected one of the lighteat st weight aluminum 650b tubeless rims ... No problems with the wheels so far, but I've only ridden ...

Some Aluminum wheels (like the Eagles JimK sells) use a lug nut that has a ... to make me replace it, and also because the previous owner ran the front

... rim before you try to get the last bit of bead onto the rim. Were you ... In your case, I would definitely change rim tape if you're still using cloth.

Rim cement is not water-soluble. The tire will still stick to the rim, otherwise any glued tubular would separate from the rim in the rain. You should take care ...

Oct 7, 2011 ... Does it take that much time for a professional to polish them? ... Last Fall I bought some metal polish from POR15, they claimed it was ...

There have been painted aluminum rims but they are rare. If the bike has rim-squuezing brakes, I do not recommend buying it if the wheel rims are painted steel, ...

> last 6 years without a single issue. How many miles do you get on a wheel set before you dispose of it? > Well, one has a ...

I have a stash of Velocity Synergies that should last at least as long as my legs :-) ... alloy rim would? Since I am building wheels for my recently ...