Ambrosio rims, any good, what the deal with them?

[Gnarlyscoots]

Ambrosio rims were used by top rider like Mike Miranda , Greg Hill BITD ... Good stuff here !

You also have to remember, that a lot stuff was pushed to riders to use for promotions etc. They got good money for using certain types of products.

[rodriguez]

Ambrosio are not shit wheels and just because they were found on a few low end bikes means little as has to be taken in context of the time.

A lot of low end European bikes came with parts that where made by Weinmann, ITM, Selle etc who like Ambrosio were top European manufacturers.

[oldscool]

I bought a torker off a kid 20 years ago and that had one on the back. I was doing 180 spin-outs on it for days and bent the rear stays before the rim. Ive still got the rear wheel and its straight so I would say they were stronger than a 7x.

[MartyC]

Is this ebayer serious?  I think he's been looking on Rad and reading this thread  his ebay name suits the crap! he's been pushing on ebay for years! 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Blue-ambrosio-1980s-bmx-wheels-80s-bmx-old-school-bmx-raleigh-burner-era-/111802246953?hash=item1a07eee729:g:0NMAAOSw~bFWHmK2

The thing is, if these were for sale in the US at $170 on Ebay.com, they would have been snapped up a long time ago.

Just looking at the hubs laced to them says the type of market they were aimed at back then.

That's like saying Araya were shit because Raleigh put them on Burners FFS.