Hip Hop Skid Bikes / Hipster Sleds / HHSB

Thanks man, i was thinking it would make a nice rear rim, it does look good without any braking surface, i'm still a little un convinced about it being ok for road tyres though, seeing as i use 23c mostly. Still deciding between a23, tb14 or the iron cross atm.

The bike and new rack looks great by the way.

Cheers man, the rack is still a work in progress, but getting there, just waiting for some new black Omnium cranks to turn up now, then thinking of having a go at respraying it something more colourful than grey on grey.

To be fair, the joint weld on the ZTR Iron Cross is a little sloppy (says the perfectionist!), but then without rim brakes there's no reason to have a perfectly machined surface, and without actually looking for it its unnoticeable.

The TB14 is a great rim, I've got one on the rear wheel and really like it, but it has the same ext width as the ZTR Iron Cross and int width is less than 1mm narrower, and lots of people use both the TB14 and the Archetype with 23mm tyres on, but that bit extra off the bead width on the ZTR might make all the difference.

I'd be all over ztr rims for my low if they just made them in silver. Dunno is nitromorsing or sanding rims that good idea.

oh well, archetype are pretty nice too.

I don't see why you can't nitromorse them and sand them down, it would smarten up the weld and with no eyelets should come out really shiny.

I've done that to a Campagnolo Vento wheel that had a fair bit of wear on it and that came out lush after wet'n'dry down to 1500 grit IIRC, you might want to give it a spray of clear coat so it don't lose its shine and tarnish.

Although saying that, I don't know if its a paint finish or anodised.