[-dustin]

http://www.pinkbike.com/news/THE-Eliminator-rim.html

 

[sneakysnake]

very interesting concept. i wonder if people will start to run them.

 

[blue]

Hey look! Another worthless THE product!

 

[binary visions]

This is a rework of a previous design, and it doesn't look that reworked. From all accounts, the last ones sucked.

 

[captainpolution]

worst idea ever. if you smash the center piece then the rim is fukeddd

 

[narlus]

try changing a tire w/ that rim...my buddy almost committed suicide.

 

[punkassean]

These rims are HEAVY as sin but at least you won't flat right?!

I'd still prefer a regualr or even tubeless DH tire....

 

[-dustin]

yeah, but you can save like 6lbs by using lighter tubes and tire!

 

[Changleen]

Yeah, it looks pretty ghey to me.

"Oooh you can run light tyres and tubes."

I run light tyres and tubes anyway, and I hardly ever get pinch flats (I can't remember the last time I actually got one) because I know how to inflate my tyres properly - not too soft, not too hard. I get the added bonus of running lighter rims too!

 

[Transcend]

They were pointless when they first came out 5 years ago.

 

[lovebunny]

They were pointless when they first came out 5 years ago.

and theyre pointless now. but the thing is all the crazy hucker kids who are running they tires at 5psi to "get more grip" are gonna be jumping all over them

 

[blue]

Is it me, or has THE not produced a single decent product in the past 5 years?

 

[Changleen]

Is it me, or has THE not produced a single decent product in the past 5 years?

I have a pretty cool THE stem... It's nothing revolutionary or groundbreaking though, just a 4 bolt steel 50mm 0° rise...

 

[lovebunny]

well they have.....uhhhhh.....fenders

 

[BurlyShirley]

yeah, their fenders are pretty straight forward and simple.

 

[Bicyclist]

Their DJ seat is decent too, but those rims look like they suck balls. I run XC tubes and DH tires w/ regular rims. If I went with those rims, I'd still want DH tires so I'd have no advantage as I hardly ever pinch.

 

[LordOpie]

THE Eliminator Rim sounds like some kind of king of enemas.

 

[DirtyMike]

5 years ago i got the wonderfull fun of building one of them fun wheels, Biggest pain in the Ass there is, Then once your wheel is built, Try putting your tire on, Good concept in teh Lab, terrible in the feild. Findign a tube with a Valve stem long enough was teh hardest part, And it also seemed that it really reduced tire defelction in turns, redusing your cornering traction.

I dig THE fenders, i Dig there stems, just not this wheel

 

[MMike]

Serioulsy has THE EVER made anything worthwhile? Remember those THE forks? (Kowa? Showa? Blowa? I forget who really made them)..... but they sold for like 15 eleventy billion dollars, and they sucked large amounts feces....

If I actually rode a bike, I would stay far away from THE stuff....

 

[Transcend]

The fenders work great. Besides that....

anyone remember the rotor covers ??