Modern spoke rims vs mags

[R1madness]

That's a good question.

If they are it bends before it breaks. Pretty sure someone posted a vid of bashing the rim straight(er) on a T7. Enough to keep the tyre in place, any hoo.

What does white corrosion inside a wheel rim imply?

Moisture. Most likely from the last person that installed the tire using a watered-down bead lube.

[merv]

Moisture. Most likely from the last person that installed the tire using a watered-down bead lube.

If it is a tubed tyre, especially with ordinary spokes, they get wet between tyre and tube anyway and the old steel rims used to rust like crazy. Tubeless tyre, of course should stay dry inside except for bead lube.

[R650R]

Too low....

Off road you need lower pressures, that's where the "give" in a spoked wheels helps.
You can't get moved on youtube for videos of folk punting 200kg+ ADV bikes at warp speed over gnarly terrain. I guess this is where the problem lies, inappropriate velocity. Mere mortals with finite wallets usually ride a bit slower

Everything is relative of course. On an ADV bike low might be 24psi, on a trials bike low is 4psi.

Speaking of which, rarely do I see trials bikes have rim issues despite spending most of their time being smacked in to rock steps.

Soooo, are you thinking of going tubed or tubeless?

And normal spokes or heavyweight ones?

Tubeless of course there’s not much these days that needs tubes now in new bike arena. I’m happy with changing a wheel in the Bush but why of theyes an alternative option

[george formby]

Tubeless of course there’s not much these days that needs tubes now in new bike arena. I’m happy with changing a wheel in the Bush but why of theyes an alternative option

I asked tongue in cheek. The tubed / tubeless debate is right up there with which oil to use and running in procedure for getting folks to have an, er, vigorous debate.

Tubeless is great if a puncture can be fixed with a dog turd but any sidewall damage and it's game over.

TBH, it's not something that keeps me awake at night, the likelihood of me firing a big ADV into the kind of scenery which would rip a sidewall is very remote.

[R650R]

Distantly related, asking for a friend are anodised aluminium wheel/axle nuts legal on motorbike?

While searching other stuff discovered by chance they are a WOF fail on cars. Seems lots nz Mc retailers selling them but no mention of caveat on road use????

[Grumph]

I wouldn't use them. Axles are fine thread which is not optimal for aluminium - even hard anodised.

[BMWST?]

the spoke wheels look ultra cool and are probably more xpensive to make.Hence why you find them on up market bikes

[HenryDorsetCase]

I wouldn't use them. Axles are fine thread which is not optimal for aluminium - even hard anodised.

I bought a titanium nut for the rear axle on my VFR400. It was so pretty I put it on my desk as an ornament and its still there....

[rastuscat]

I bought a titanium nut for the rear axle on my VFR400. It was so pretty I put it on my desk as an ornament and its still there....

I have titanium nuts.

But that's a different topic.

[pete376403]

I have titanium nuts.

But that's a different topic.

Lightweight. Brass is the preferred metal

[BMWST?]

Lightweight. Brass is the preferred metal

otherwise we wouldnt know we were freezing

[rastuscat]

otherwise we wouldnt know we were freezing

Anyone interested to know where "freezing the balls off a brass monkey" came from?

Canon balls on sailing ships used to be stacked into a brass frame called a brass monkey. When fully stacked, if it got bitterly cold, the size of the brass monkey frame shrunk just enough to no longer support the canon balls, and they would fall off.

So, freeze the balls off a brass monkey.

You're welcome.

[Moise]

Anyone interested to know where "freezing the balls off a brass monkey" came from?

Canon balls on sailing ships used to be stacked into a brass frame called a brass monkey. When fully stacked, if it got bitterly cold, the size of the brass monkey frame shrunk just enough to no longer support the canon balls, and they would fall off.

So, freeze the balls off a brass monkey.

You're welcome.

I have an Irish friend who tells stories like this.

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[Laava]

Does he just arbitrarily make them up too?

[caseye]

Does he just arbitrarily make them up too?

Ol Rastus is 100% Correct in this case, sure he's not made it up, tuther bloke, Maybe???