YOU MUST CHECK THESE OUT!

[Boardtrack fan]

 

[schwinnmesa]

:shock: 100 years later.... wooden wheels are back!!!

 

[blackchop1]

wood!

 

[Markm]

would?!

 

[xddorox]

I'm wondering what they will look like after the brake pads hit them a few times? However, they do look amazing.

 

[Boardtrack fan]

I'm thinking about lacing up a rim with a coaster brake. Would look cool on my old Columbia arch frame.

 

[blackchop1]

id coaster brake em.

wonder what kind of price tag is on a set of those.

 

[TheFlyingDingo]

Same here blackchop

i want a set

 

[Mr. Farrell]

these would be perfect for the tiki bikes.

 

[blackchop1]

cool rims- not a real wood but a powdercoated rim that looks like real wood- nicely done!

700c size.

not cheap either whew :shock:

but be killer for a cool custom.

cant get em ordered retaIL- gotta play the game through a dealer.

 

[Boardtrack fan]

I called Alger Cycle today. They are the US distributor of Velocity wheels. These particular rims have not arrived in the states yet (should be about 3 more weeks). They are not cheap. He told me $110 for each hoop. No spokes or hub. I'm sure they will be available as a complete set of wheels but I did not get a price on that.

 

[karfer67]

now if someone wood do some real wood rims that wood be real cool woodn't it?

 

[Boardtrack fan]

Here is a guy that makes real wood rims. Kinda pricey but, not much more than the Velocity rims.
http://myworld.ebay.com/wheelsmitty/

 

[icyuod2]

i use wood burls for knife handles all the time.(english briorwood,splatted birch etc. problem with burls, the wood likes to seperate.

all my burls are actually stablized (epoxy forced into the wood under presure) so when your cutting/shaping it it smells and works like a solid block of plastic.

i wonder if those wheels are being stablized? i doubt it (cause there would be no need for any sort of protective finish/powder coat)the epoxy in the wood buff's right up.

i'd be worried about those things blowing apart at speeds. a stablished wood rim on the other hand, would probably last a lifetime.

 

[skoda]

Some track riders still use wood, probably somehting to do with the flex or lack of it. Too cool!

 

[Boardtrack fan]

The Velocity wheels are aluminum with some sort of appliqué (no real wood used). The ones in the link are thin strips all laminated together and then shaped and drilled.