jimmyl Posted June 4, 2011 Report Share Posted June 4, 2011 After some 15 years of Montesa using flanged rear wheel rims that do not leak it appears the rest of the world has finally woken up as nearly all the new bikes now have these rims. Why has it taken so long to adopt a better technical solution? Maybe 2020 they will all be making 4 strokes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
for artie Posted June 4, 2011 Report Share Posted June 4, 2011 its more like 25 years. The Cota 335 had a flanged rim in 1986. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greychapel Posted June 4, 2011 Report Share Posted June 4, 2011 so did my '87 beta tr34 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan williams Posted June 4, 2011 Report Share Posted June 4, 2011 Pity Beta got away from the flanged rim. Never had an issue with my old bikes with the flange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
for artie Posted June 4, 2011 Report Share Posted June 4, 2011 Costs may have been an issue. The rims are one of the most expensive single components on a trials bike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trialsrfun Posted June 4, 2011 Report Share Posted June 4, 2011 After some 15 years of Montesa using flanged rear wheel rims that do not leak it appears the rest of the world has finally woken up as nearly all the new bikes now have these rims. Why has it taken so long to adopt a better technical solution? Maybe 2020 they will all be making 4 strokes? Fashion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigel dabster Posted June 5, 2011 Report Share Posted June 5, 2011 After some 15 years of Montesa using flanged rear wheel rims that do not leak it appears the rest of the world has finally woken up as nearly all the new bikes now have these rims. Why has it taken so long to adopt a better technical solution? Maybe 2020 they will all be making 4 strokes? more likely because they are not perfect and suffer more with broken spokes and are occasionally subject to leaks bad fitting tyres, but thats probably more down to QC. Ossa did not try to make a similar wheel to be different but to avoid the lh/rh thread and this design has been troublesome for the top lads aswell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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