Hip Hop Skid Bikes / Hipster Sleds / HHSB

There is nothing wrong with carbon rear rims, do you have any first hand experience? If you are whip skidding them into a pot hole you might be in trouble, however the usual street riding won't do them any harm. It would be down to the individual as to how harsh they are on their wheels as to whether it wold be a good idea or not. Even dropping them off curbs shouldn't do them any harm, they advise against it for obvious reasons though.

EDIT: as a reference do you remember the Martyn Ashton video, he was really abusing those carbon wheels.

ZzzzZZZzzzzzzz......thats why i said they would be ok in a country that has lovely smooth roads not like uk,the roads where im from are like the surface of the moon.

if i was riding to a coffee shop to browse on my mac or to buy a new outfit like you would prob be doing with your 'normal' riding prob with a brake they would be fine BUT if your riding it like you stole it with regular whip skids and skips which is my normal riding then it wouldnt inspire confidence which when i build a bike is what its all about, i like parts i can 100% rely on. i would much rather my rear wheel bent or came out of true then it folding on itself.i like carbon wheels but they stay on the front of my fixed or on my road bike.

and Martyn Ashton was using a wheelset that isnt a full carbon clincher, its a alu rim with a carbon fairing like some 'carbon clinchers' i.e mavic or planet-X or some older zipps.

I wasn't basing it on 'looking the same' and never once said that

someone in this exchange implied it did, im not keeping track of names. but do people not think that when someone phones the 'Chinese carbon rim factory' they cant say 'hey i want 200 rims but oh btw could you make them a bit stronger please due to there purpose and target market''? and to clarify i am NOT standing up for BLB wheels or defending them. if someone can be bothered they can look up the weight of the blb rims and the ebay ones and see if the blb ones are substantially heavier or not as that would imply if they are buillt differently. i may just be typing away and lost the original point, im sorry if i have

So you don't have first hand experience and this is just your opinion again? What I am trying to say is that you don't trust it on the basis it's carbon and therefore not strong enough, without any evidence to support that. Zzzzzz

So you don't have first hand experience and this is just your opinion again? What I am trying to say is that you don't trust it on the basis it's carbon and therefore not strong enough, without any evidence to support that. Zzzzzz

lol, i have a 7kg full carbon road bike, i like carbon, i just dont like carbon rims on the rear of street fixed gears, i think its just asking for trouble

edit. i dont have first hand exp with carbon rims on the rear of fixed gears as i have better things to spend my money on like every other part of the bike. my number one choice is a ceramic open pro, bullet proof tried &tested and understated

I've bent an open pro, come at me

I've bent an open pro, come at me

you hella fat?

fuck you

if i was riding to a coffee shop to browse on my mac.....

lol ;)

Got a BMI of 21.5 you cunt

fuck you

its the only explanation, anyway iv got to go get some sleeps as iv got to be up for my job as a CYCLE MECHANIC

Where did this assumption come from that riding fixed (especially uphill as stated somewhere on the previous page) puts extra strain on a rim??

my number one choice is a ceramic open pro, bullet proof tried &tested and understated

why waste money on ceramic braking surface if you're riding fixed?

Where did this assumption come from that riding fixed (especially uphill as stated somewhere on the previous page) puts extra strain on a rim??

chain ring chap, chain ring... not rim.

as those are 'extralite' chainrings that have rider weightlimits ect

Where did this assumption come from that riding fixed (especially uphill as stated somewhere on the previous page) puts extra strain on a rim??

not rim, they were talking about the hubs I think, which is true if you're riding a disk wheel brakeless. glueing carbon to metal is not as strong as 36 spokes.

not rim, they were talking about the hubs I think, which is true if you're riding a disk wheel brakeless. glueing carbon to metal is not as strong as 36 spokes.

talking about that lightweight biachi a page or so back

my job as a CYCLE MECHANIC

OOFFFFFFF bonor you got served, he MUST be right because he's a cycle mechanic and I'm sure none of us have ever been misinformed or lied to by a cycle mechanic. They basically know everything.

OOFFFFFFF bonor you got served, he MUST be right because he's a cycle mechanic and I'm sure none of us have ever been misinformed or lied to by a cycle mechanic. They basically know everything.

they know more then people that work in a Vans store or starbucks

Looking down on other people based on their job, nice.

Trust me... I'm a mechanic.

ANYWAY we should stop wrecking this guys thread and post up more sweet bikes.

Fuck yes!

wow 'BONER' took that one down quick......

anyway iv got to go get some sleeps as iv got to be up for my job as a CYCLE MECHANIC

wow 'BONER' took that one down quick......

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lol thort this was a bike thread

ANYWAY ENOUGH more awesome bikes!!! jeezeeee