[Brian HCM#1]

This time a flat spot on my EX729 :mumble: :mumble: :mumble: :mumble: :mumble: Been running Stans with 30lbs of pressure and N* claims another wheel. 1st ride on this wheel :mumble: :mumble: :mumble: :mumble: :mumble: :mumble: :mumble: :mumble: :mumble: :mumble: :mumble: :mumble: :mumble: :mumble:




Do they make Tuff wheels for MTB's :mumble: :mumble: :mumble: :mumble: :mumble: :mumble: :mumble:

 

[zedro]

oh wow...maybe 823s arent so crap after all

edit: sorry, thats sucks too

 

[DHracer1067]

bah. my rims have had tons of flat spots for a long time and they are still fine but are pretty trashed. ill probly keep using em till they just snap in half or something.

 

[chicodude]

This time a flat spot on my EX729 :mumble: :mumble: :mumble: :mumble: :mumble: Been running Stans with 30lbs of pressure and N* claims another wheel. 1st ride on this wheel :mumble: :mumble: :mumble: :mumble: :mumble: :mumble: :mumble: :mumble: :mumble: :mumble: :mumble: :mumble: :mumble: :mumble:




Do they make Tuff wheels for MTB's :mumble: :mumble: :mumble: :mumble: :mumble: :mumble: :mumble:

you too huh? i flatspotted my new set of 729's my second to last run down karpiel


it was still a good day though


you have ****ty luck with rims, dont you?

 

[SebringMGB]

i run dual 26" 321, or a 24" mag 30 rear, and i ride som pretty rough stuff, and never have a problem.... even after broken spokes granted, i weigh 140, but an not the smoothest rider either. al also run around 30, sometimes lower

 

[Jm_]

30lbs for DH tires shouldn't be excessively low pressure, still, there are lots of people that run stans and automatically think that they can lower their pressure...then they dent the crap out of their rims and get to buy new $70 rims rather than $3 tubes...

This isnt directed at you though brian, as I said, 30lbs with 2.7 tires should be no problem as far as denting rims...

 

[BMXman]

Sun rims

 

[chicodude]

i run a tad bit higher than 33lbs.........

 

[zedro]

This isnt directed at you though brian, as I said, 30lbs with 2.7 tires should be no problem as far as denting rims...

depens on the terrain and suspension though. Theres a segment on a trail in a fast short uphill section, more like a sudden G surge. Theres a tiny rock there that never fails to bottom my fork and tire out since the fork is already being compressed by the vertical G's.

 

[Transcend]

depens on the terrain and suspension though. Theres a segment on a trail in a fast short uphill section, more like a sudden G surge. Theres a tiny rock there that never fails to bottom my fork and tire out since the fork is already being compressed by the vertical G's.

how bout that traffic today huh? :nuts:

 

[zedro]

how bout that traffic today huh? :nuts:

think it took almost 2.5 hours?....the funny part is we coulda stayed, got more riding in, and the traffic would of been better with the two lane expansion....oh well

 

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think it took almost 2.5 hours?....the funny part is we coulda stayed, got more riding in, and the traffic would of been better with the two lane expansion....oh well

3 hours for us...45 mins just to get by the friggin flea market 2 mins from the hill.
The hill never did reopen I'm told however..so no big deal.

 

[cali4niabiker]

Send me all your discarded rims. I'll use''em.

I have several beat up rims - one of them tacoed a little (X-517), and another with a cracked rim (F-519) that is just hanging on my wall as a sovenier. The others are of no value - already eaten by the big garbage truck. Would those two rims work for you?

I'd be surprised if you could manage to build a wheelset with rims that are shot to h3ll. Ehh, I guess we'll just have to look for the pieces of the wheels along the way.... oh, a spoke here, a nipple over there, a bike there...

 

[Yeti DHer]

Sitting down to much? I'd just ride the wheel anyways... You wont be able to feel the flatspot when you're riding dogbone...

 

[zedro]

3 hours for us...45 mins just to get by the friggin flea market 2 mins from the hill.
The hill never did reopen I'm told however..so no big deal.

thats why you should always go through town to the next exit...took me 5 mins to get to the hwy. I never bother with the main boulevard anymore.

plus the dep at that exit has super addictive coffee flavored slushes...its like crack for caffein addicts

 

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thats why you should always go through town to the next exit...took me 5 mins to get to the hwy. I never bother with the main boulevard anymore.

plus the dep at that exit has super addictive coffee flavored slushes...its like crack for caffein addicts

Ya the guy i was travelling with didnt want to be bothered. Oops for him. I think I am gonna head up tommorrow and hope the lift doesnt get shut down again

 

[Acadian]

Sitting down to much? I'd just ride the wheel anyways... You wont be able to feel the flatspot when you're riding dogbone...

ya...square edge impact on square edged rim, that should all cancel itself out right?

 

[Private Joker]

Ya the guy i was travelling with didnt want to be bothered. Oops for him. I think I am gonna head up tommorrow and hope the lift doesnt get shut down again

Bromont's lift was down again?!!!
Damn...that's crazy...It's been down 5 weekends this whole summer.
Glad I went to Diablo instead of Bromont this weekend.
They need to throw the chairs back on the detachable quad.

 

[Acadian]

and speaking of N*...do my bike ever need TLC!!!

 

[Brian HCM#1]

Well all the spokes are tight and the wheel is still true, I'm going to ride this one till it dies. Hasn't leaked any air ether. So when it is no longer tubless capable I'll use tubes.

 

[Acadian]

Well all the spokes are tight and the wheel is still true, I'm going to ride this one till it dies. Hasn't leaked any air ether. So when it is no longer tubless capable I'll use tubes.

since you go to N* once every 2 months...you should be good till next year? :devil: :dancing:

 

[Brian HCM#1]

since you go to N* once every 2 months...you should be good till next year? :devil: :dancing:

:mumble: :mumble: :mumble: That was my 6th day there this summer, thats not bad a all concidereing I have 2 small children :heart: I'm going to try to make it again in 2-3 weeks.

 

[mobius]

LOL I ran 8psi in my front tire and 12 in the rear after letting a **** load out and didn't bang my rims once. ALthough i did have on intense super duper thick tires.

 

[Acadian]

Carlos will be here shortly with his tire theory!

 

[Brian HCM#1]

LOL I ran 8psi in my front tire and 12 in the rear after letting a **** load out and didn't bang my rims once. ALthough i did have on intense super duper thick tires.

I'm almost half tempted to go back to Intense tires and DH tubes.

 

[Brian HCM#1]

Carlos will be here shortly with his tire theory!

Yep, his theory kinda went to sh*t this weekend didn't it

 

[narlus]

I'm almost half tempted to go back to Intense tires and DH tubes.

what tires are you using now? maxxis should be fine, i'd think. i use DH tubes and have used all different tires, and i've only flatted once (mich comp 32, slow leak i found the next day).

 

[Brian HCM#1]

what tires are you using now? maxxis should be fine, i'd think. i use DH tubes and have used all different tires, and i've only flatted once (mich comp 32, slow leak i found the next day).

Mich Comp 24

 

[narlus]

the michies sidewalls do seem to be a tad skinnier...try the maxxis (either high roller or minion i'd say) and see what it gets you.

i had my first day on a minion yesterday, and it hooked up pretty good. (front, ST compound, mud conditions).

 

[Brian HCM#1]

Thats kind what I've been thinking, however I do like the way the Michy's grip.

 

[Zark]

Maxxis and Michie sidwalls are really comparable, almost the same thickness. Intense 4plys are what you need up there.

I get the feeling a lot of folks who don't ride northstar don't know how rocky a place it is... and jagged rocky too! I've some rocky stuff here in Santa Barbara, rocky enough to have a reputation & Northstar puts it to shame.

Good luck with the rims Brian. sometimes the hit is just right to flatspot it regardless of pressure/tire/body position. Just bad luck man!

 

[Acadian]

I get the feeling a lot of folks who don't ride northstar don't know how rocky a place it is... and jagged rocky too!!

at N* you try to avoiding one rock and but end up hitting 5!!!

 

[Zark]

at N* you try to avoiding one rock and but end up hitting 5!!!

Ahh yes, coming down the mountain like a derranged ping pong ball
Good times!

 

[Low_b]

Bri, you need to loosen up and let those 11 inches of travel work for you..

 

[Damn True]

looking for the common denominator.....

Bry is onto something

 

[Brian HCM#1]

Ahh yes, coming down the mountain like a derranged ping pong ball
Good times!

That about sums it up.

 

[Brian HCM#1]

Bri, you need to loosen up and let those 11 inches of travel work for you..

I do, but its probably my point and roll over anything in my path riding style.

 

[kidwoo]

I do, but its probably my point and roll over anything in my path riding style.

With the way karpiels rear suspension moves back, it's hard to beleive your beating the crap out of rims. I almost never got flats when I rode those bikes. Go faster and skip across the top more.

And point and shoot doesn't matter. There are no "smooth lines" on most of those trails. You hit the same stuff as everyone else.

 

[-BB-]

Sitting down to much? I'd just ride the wheel anyways... You wont be able to feel the flatspot when you're riding dogbone...

Don't you mean FLAMEOUT? :devil:

 

[Brian HCM#1]

With the way karpiels rear suspension moves back, it's hard to beleive your beating the crap out of rims. I almost never got flats when I rode those bikes. Go faster and skip across the top more.

And point and shoot doesn't matter. There are no "smooth lines" on most of those trails. You hit the same stuff as everyone else.

I know, I NEVER had a problem with my Disco, but then again I was using a different tire for those years.