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Title: Have you ever seen rims like these??
Post by: login_user on June 30, 2007, 05:26 PM: Gents,
I've got these Pair of Ukai chrome 20 rims mint condition.,i was told they are very early heavy duty AJ? rims,they are very wide and to be honest they look like motorcycle rims.Anyway the guy swears there BMX,fooked if i know.

Any one seen these before,what where they used on? Any good to any one?

Only 1 shown in pics.

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/r114/login_user/105_0522.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/r114/login_user/105_0523.jpg)

Thanks Mark
Title: Re: Have you ever seen rims like these??
Post by: RATTY on June 30, 2007, 09:28 PM: They look like the rims supplied on early mongooses... :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Have you ever seen rims like these??
Post by: crazy foool on July 01, 2007, 11:01 AM: there very similar to the rims on my 79 mongoose cassete wheels, but mine are stamped with a differant make, sumthing from italy begining with f
Title: Re: Have you ever seen rims like these??
Post by: Coastvl on July 01, 2007, 11:19 AM: Not femco's but very similar. No idea what they'd be off. Maybe they're scooter rims or something!! lol I really don't have a clue. :2funny:
Title: Re: Have you ever seen rims like these??
Post by: login_user on July 01, 2007, 10:06 PM: Quote from: Coastvl on July 01, 2007, 11:19 AM
Not femco's but very similar. No idea what they'd be off. Maybe they're scooter rims or something!! lol I really don't have a clue. :2funny:

Could be scooter rims,some one must know?? :-\
Title: Re: Have you ever seen rims like these??
Post by: sonic-1 on July 02, 2007, 01:16 AM: are they steel ???? could be honda c90 rims look kinda like em
Title: Re: Have you ever seen rims like these??
Post by: the_cyclops on July 02, 2007, 01:49 AM: They look just like the Rigida rims I had on my Monarch BMX back in '79
Title: Re: Have you ever seen rims like these??
Post by: login_user on July 02, 2007, 04:03 AM: Quote from: sonic-1 on July 02, 2007, 01:16 AM
are they steel ???? could be honda c90 rims look kinda like em

They are steel and exactly the same diameter as bmx wheels,what size are C90 wheels?
Title: Re: Have you ever seen rims like these??
Post by: sonic-1 on July 02, 2007, 12:38 PM: Quote from: login_user on July 02, 2007, 04:03 AM
Quote from: sonic-1 on July 02, 2007, 01:16 AM
are they steel ???? could be honda c90 rims look kinda like em

They are steel and exactly the same diameter as bmx wheels,what size are C90 wheels?
think they have a 20 " on the front but not sure been a while since i messed with one