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Last year I paid the $700 for custom made wheels. I fairly regularly go down short staircases (3 or 4 steps, or big curbs) and I used to blow through spokes lik
by 3pt14159 10y ago
Last year I paid the $700 for custom made wheels. I fairly regularly go down short staircases (3 or 4 steps, or big curbs) and I used to blow through spokes like birthday cake candles.
No longer. Screw minimizing wheel weight. I want my bike to be an extension of myself. I want to be able to push it and for it to deliver. If I need to spend some extra joules on angular momentum, fine. My thighs need the workout anyway.
- bbarn 10y agoAnd you're not racing :) Downhill bikes weight 40 pounds, BMX's have 36 spoke wheels for 20" rims, etc.. for good reason: they are built to be good at what they do. You want to go race faster, you get light wheels, with medium to deep section rims.
- collyw 10y agoHow much do you weigh? I (used to) regularly drop off of stuff a foot or two and I never had any problems. My bike wheels can't have come close to that price. (I did need to move to downhill tubes as those kept getting pinches).
- lostlogin 10y agoTall guy who used to bmx here. Never broke a spoke but munted a few few wheels and one set of bearings. I dearly wish for a bmx scaled up by something like 1.3x or 1.5x. My neck has never recovered from the stupid head-tilted-up pose that bike forced me into. Loved the bike though!
- eckza 10y agoHow tall are you? We've got all kinds of stuff for tall people. Check out 24" BMX bikes (aka cruisers) - a cruiser with a long frame and 7" or 8" bars would probably suit you well.
- lostlogin 10y ago1.95m. And thanks!
- lsaferite 10y agoWhy not a mountain bike with fat tires? They seem popular (and funny looking) right now.
- 3pt14159 10y agoI weigh 165 pounds / 75 kg and I do this on a fairly large roadbike (I'm 6'1.5" / 187 cm). Are you slightly overfilling your tires? Say 90 PSI if the wheels are marked for 80? I found that really helps. But I do still get pinches fairly regularly.