The perfect use for old steel rims
02-15-18, 07:14 AM
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The perfect use for old steel rims
On my ride today (probably suffering from oxygen deprivation) I had a truly brilliant idea.
As you may recall I love cheap old French bikes. Living in a wet place I always swap out the chrome Rigida rims for aluminum so I can brake the bike. So I have a few old steel rims in my shed. I realized today that they would be PERFECT for use with disk brakes! No more worries about braking! Plus they would be bombproof. So I am going to lace all of those old Rigidas to 36 hole disk hubs and see how they work.
As you may recall I love cheap old French bikes. Living in a wet place I always swap out the chrome Rigida rims for aluminum so I can brake the bike. So I have a few old steel rims in my shed. I realized today that they would be PERFECT for use with disk brakes! No more worries about braking! Plus they would be bombproof. So I am going to lace all of those old Rigidas to 36 hole disk hubs and see how they work.
02-15-18, 07:32 AM
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A guy I know made armilarry spheres out of them.
02-15-18, 08:34 AM
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Lots of cool ideas out there for re purposing bike wheels and rims. Here's a couple I like, although they use the complete wheel.
02-15-18, 08:54 AM
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02-15-18, 09:23 AM
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You could also use them on a trainer, if you have to go that route.
Hopefully you don't have to brake suddenly for a squirrel running through...
Hopefully you don't have to brake suddenly for a squirrel running through...
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I think it's an interesting idea, OP. Post a pic or 2 if you decide to give it a go.
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I made a chandelier out of my Rolf rims that I had broken the hub on. Used an Edison bulb and it hangs in the reading corner of the cabin.
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02-17-18, 12:26 AM
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They can have a lot of purposes...just not on bikes. lol.
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