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Title: What do you Mongoose lovers use on your Pro Class rims ?
Post by: double chevron on November 26, 2007, 02:31 PM

I' m looking for something black and bright to put as rim strips in a pair of drilled 24 Araya's...

Title: Re: What do you Mongoose lovers use on your Pro Class rims ?
Post by: dan-dare on November 26, 2007, 02:46 PM

Quote from: double chevron on November 26, 2007, 02:31 PM

I' m looking for something black and bright to put as rim strips in a pair of drilled 24 Araya's...

Did you drill them? :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: What do you Mongoose lovers use on your Pro Class rims ?
Post by: double chevron on November 26, 2007, 03:09 PM

Scored them in an old shop already drilled, not sure if the guy had them made.
I don't recall seeing some in shops BITD, although I knew a few guys who made their own holes!

More info on drilled araya's welcome too !

Title: Re: What do you Mongoose lovers use on your Pro Class rims ?
Post by: login_user on November 26, 2007, 05:48 PM

I made my own 24" proclass wheels.

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/r114/login_user/106_0674.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/r114/login_user/106_0641.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/r114/login_user/106_0642.jpg)


Use a metalic ribbon for the rim strips  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: What do you Mongoose lovers use on your Pro Class rims ?
Post by: motomagII on November 27, 2007, 08:52 AM

yep local knitting shop and get some nice ribbon whip it round the rim and then rim tape over to hold in place job done.you do get few kinks etc but they look really good