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Ambrosio rims, any good, what the deal with them?
Gnarlyscoots:
--- Quote from: Church on August 03, 2015, 08:13 PM ---Ambrosio rims were used by top rider like Mike Miranda , Greg Hill BITD ... Good stuff here !
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You also have to remember, that a lot stuff was pushed to riders to use for promotions etc. They got good money for using certain types of products.
rodriguez:
Ambrosio are not shit wheels and just because they were found on a few low end bikes means little as has to be taken in context of the time.
A lot of low end European bikes came with parts that where made by Weinmann, ITM, Selle etc who like Ambrosio were top European manufacturers.
oldscool:
I bought a torker off a kid 20 years ago and that had one on the back. I was doing 180 spin-outs on it for days and bent the rear stays before the rim. Ive still got the rear wheel and its straight so I would say they were stronger than a 7x.
MartyC:
--- Quote from: Gnarlyscoots™ on October 20, 2015, 05:58 PM ---
--- Quote from: Taipan on October 20, 2015, 10:57 AM ---Is this ebayer serious? "nono" I think he's been looking on Rad and reading this thread :idiot2: his ebay name suits the crap! he's been pushing on ebay for years! :bellend:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Blue-ambrosio-1980s-bmx-wheels-80s-bmx-old-school-bmx-raleigh-burner-era-/111802246953?hash=item1a07eee729:g:0NMAAOSw~bFWHmK2
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The thing is, if these were for sale in the US at $170 on Ebay.com, they would have been snapped up a long time ago.
Just looking at the hubs laced to them says the type of market they were aimed at back then.
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That's like saying Araya were shit because Raleigh put them on Burners FFS.
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