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Z Rims

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billstup:
I ran a z-rim for a while. After Bob Haro had done the demo at the NEC coasters were in big demand, but nobody had any, so I took my old mongoose wire wheel with a bendix 76 coaster hub, stripped it down and got a z-rim to lace it in to, but the spokes were too thick for the holes in the rim, so I drilled them out and laced it up with the thick spokes so there wasn`t much flex in that one  ;)

Lawrie:
These days I don't really judge a part by how it functions, just if it looks cool and reminds me of the good old days. So needless to say, I don't do much Z bending. I'm glad to hear that Z's can be straightened though, as my back one is so buckled at the moment that the rear brake doesn't really work.

theRuler:
yeh if you really want to run z's, get heavy duty spokes.

dirtyvans:
i used to run white mike buffs, as in the pic on my avatar and had no problem, but i only weighed about 6 stone, no double that i bought some a few years back for my pk ripper and was shocked how much they flexed even going round tight corners!

such a weird concept, how did they take off??, must have been a nightmare for peeps like glyn lewis doing huge airs using them

subwax:
Looking or some NOS red ones if anyone's got any.

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