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Old School BMX 1980 - 1988 => Old School Race (riders ready, pedals ready... GO!!) => Topic started by: turky642003 on December 11, 2008, 10:44 PM

Title: UKAI RACE RIMS??? WHAT TYRES???
Post by: turky642003 on December 11, 2008, 10:44 PM

I bought some ukai chrome rims a while back.   cant even remember where from.  but they are a bit bigger than 20" and realy thin.

any idea what the name for them is?  and what size and where i can get tyres???


any help greatly appriciated.    getting annoyed just seing them hanging up and not getting used :-\


cheers ,   DAN 

Title: Re: UKAI RACE RIMS??? WHAT TYRES???
Post by: Mattdub on December 11, 2008, 10:48 PM

Are they 20 x 1 3/8 ? .

Title: Re: UKAI RACE RIMS??? WHAT TYRES???
Post by: turky642003 on December 11, 2008, 11:22 PM

yup,  that what i says just checked ..   the exact writing is:  UKAI   20 x 1 3/8 w/o La  JAPAN


Mean anything??? ???

Title: Re: UKAI RACE RIMS??? WHAT TYRES???
Post by: Mattdub on December 12, 2008, 11:19 AM

20 x 1 3/8 tyres then , put a wanted ad up .

Types bitd were snakebelly , Comp 3 etc .

Title: Re: UKAI RACE RIMS??? WHAT TYRES???
Post by: turky642003 on December 12, 2008, 01:39 PM

ahh   i thought that was the width.   do they have a hard to find spoke type?   as mine are rim only :-\


cheers, 

Title: Re: UKAI RACE RIMS??? WHAT TYRES???
Post by: Mattdub on December 12, 2008, 01:40 PM

Spoke length will be longer .

Title: Re: UKAI RACE RIMS??? WHAT TYRES???
Post by: se-bmxer on December 12, 2008, 02:05 PM

218mm spokes

Title: Re: UKAI RACE RIMS??? WHAT TYRES???
Post by: turky642003 on December 12, 2008, 03:19 PM

Wicked cheers dude ;)

Title: Re: UKAI RACE RIMS??? WHAT TYRES???
Post by: Nosnod on December 12, 2008, 03:26 PM

Alans do both old school Comp 3 and Panaracer tyres in 20 x 1 3/8"