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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: dwain dibbly on August 13, 2007, 08:20 PM

Title: WHAT SIZE ARE SKINNY RIMS?
Post by: dwain dibbly on August 13, 2007, 08:20 PM

i got a pair of skinny arayas but no markings on them
what size are they?
is it 1 3/8??

Title: Re: WHAT SIZE ARE SKINNY RIMS?
Post by: MartyC on August 13, 2007, 08:24 PM

They can be either 20 x 1 3/8 or 20 x 1 1/8  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: WHAT SIZE ARE SKINNY RIMS?
Post by: dwain dibbly on August 13, 2007, 08:32 PM

Quote from: MartyC on August 13, 2007, 08:24 PM

They can be either 20 x 1 3/8 or 20 x 1 1/8  :daumenhoch:

how can i tell the difference?

Title: Re: WHAT SIZE ARE SKINNY RIMS?
Post by: MartyC on August 13, 2007, 08:40 PM

1 1/8 are really skinny and look like this...

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g114/martycoughlin/IMG_0106.jpg)

This is a 1 3/8...

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g114/martycoughlin/Arayas004.jpg)

A 1 3/8 rim will be slightly wider.  You can run 1 3/8 tyre on a 1/18 rim but I don;t think you can do it the other way round.

Title: Re: WHAT SIZE ARE SKINNY RIMS?
Post by: dwain dibbly on August 13, 2007, 08:46 PM

WILL THIS HELP??

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/a158/dwaindibbly/IMG_1501.jpg)

Title: Re: WHAT SIZE ARE SKINNY RIMS?
Post by: MartyC on August 13, 2007, 08:59 PM

Quote from: dwain dibbly on August 13, 2007, 08:46 PM

WILL THIS HELP??

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/a158/dwaindibbly/IMG_1501.jpg)

Look like 1 1/8's to me  :daumenhoch: