turtlek

Great choice Shaun you wont regret it!!!

shaun one of my buddies has a set of fulcrums that were ridden over by the hi Q team car last year all that was wrong as a broken spoke and it needed a bit of trueing if that doesnt make a wheel good then i dont know what will!!!!

great to hear of your good fortune now let that beast roll best of luck for your riding!!!!!

my clip also failed after i had just recieved a new unit about 3 weeks ago unfortunately avnic will not be replacing it this time because it ended up under a taxi's wheels i am now saving for a suunto!!!!!

ok they are wheels not tires and yes you would need a valve extension but go for a normal tube with a removable core valve like conti and then get conti valve extensions any LBS should have them

i can handle my bike i just prefer to be comfy hehehe i also pick my tires wheels and forks for each race i pick them up out of my room and put them into the car to go race!!!!

easton monkey bar lite or the on one riser bar that kiwi advertises is also very good

? is that not why everyone is riding 29ers forget about the marketing hype that it is more comfy and better ride i think its just to try beat the skinny boys on our 26ers

now he even needs to cheat by putting bigger wheels on to ride faster!!!!

just a thought what is going to happen if you slash the tire on the trail epoxy wont come loose so you can put another tube in

there are a few decent bargains out there and i am sure you will pick one up here a mountain bike is good for both types of riding but maybe look at a road bike in the mean time for that budgetturtlek2008-11-10 09:47:44

or send me a pm R30 for tubes and R40 for postage of 6 tubes through sapo

I personally think the fulcrums are awesome wheels but look at a set of campy Eurus wheels bomb proof and you wont have an issue

mintsauce thank you i learn something new everyday i was obviously confused between the two and i apologise for assuming but now after eading poensters last post i think my assumption was pretty accurate have a great day poenster and mintsauce

i second that

oko is the bomb dude have been riding oko for close on a year in my tubes and now tubeless conversion and never a hassle

i use mine on my keyring at work i work at the kempton ice rink you get some dodgy boere here that just want to fight so i bring out the dura ace chain and they run like little girls

i ride with two one on my bike and one on my neck

Nice of you to make such assumptions and accusations without even seeing the rim' date=' eh...? If you knew anything about bicycle wheels you'd know that a rim can have a very slight flat spot that can be seen with the naked eye when you spin the wheel and look at it from the side. If it's perhaps 1 or 2mm it will be quite clearly visible but WILL NOT affect the braking performance or feel or strength of the wheels. In such cases the wheel can still be used and it will in most cases not in any way affect the longevity of the wheel. At the same time, yes, in certain instances it can affect performance. Right now however, I'm going to go with the opinion of a shop mechanic who has actually seen these wheels and could've made some money by convincing the owner to replace the rim....but didn't How many times have guys come onto the Hub and complained of shops telling them to replace parts in order to make an extra sale when the truth is that the component could very easily still have served the owner for a long time. Here we're faced with a mechanic that tells his customer not to worry as it's fine and we then we get some internet wise-ass tell the owner that said mechanic is a chop....without having seen the wheel himself....?! Get a life turtlek! To the original poster, the most drastic step I'd tell you to take now is to get a 2nd and/or 3rd opinion. I've ridden 'flat spots' for years on some rims without a single problem! [/quote'] Mintsauce yes fair enough assumptions and accustations are a very good cause for your post but with the term "Smashed" used in his first post that makes me post from my personal experience i have also gone through minor potholes on my road bike and then gone home and realised that my rim has mushroomed from that pothole and then i have also smashed my rim into a pothole at close on 50km\h which caused a bigger mushroom on the rim and a very bad flat spot aluminium is not a very hard metal and when it comes into contact with something very abruptly it causes deformities especially with this kind of impact it will not only cause a flat spot but also a bulge or an indent how can you not feel a difference in a rim that has a flat spot it causes the rim to be closer to the brake pads that the other parts of the rim which in riding makes the brakes hop on the rim no matter how big or small the flat spot is which in turn wears the brake pads down and makes for a very uncomfortable ride when you pull brakes so yes i was wrong by making assumptions based on what he said but where did he say anything about length or size of the flat spot?????????

that dude that told you that it wouldnt feel difference is a chop firstly if you have a "flat spot" on your rim there is more than likely a bit of mushrooming on the edges of the rim or a bulge of some sorts to check this run your fingers along the braking surface and where the flat spot is you will feel a slight indent or bulge then take it to that clown show him he was wrong because it will affect your braking and the "sealing" of your tires on your rim possibly causing your tire to roll of on a tricky corner or downhill the best idea would be for you to contact johan bornman and get his opinion on what rim to use for a re-build i can suggest the DRC range of rims they are good value for maney and very reliable and wont cost your arm or your leg or if you dont want to go through the worry of building a new rim onto that hub and spokes look for a decent pair of wheels here on the hub you might find a great bargain