Author Topic: Gentlemen.. may i introduce...... The Skyway Ace Rim (Read 21654 times)

oldschoolace · « **on:** November 16, 2012, 12:20 AM »

Been working on this idea for a while now and thought i would give you lot a sneak preview now the finish line is in sight.

I started off with a tatty, damaged and hubless set of early etched logo skyways which Scorcher Mick was kind enough to let go at a good price.

Then the unthinkable... turn away now if you are easily shocked

Made a little jig for my router table

The first trial to see how they would take the cutter. It cut lovely with no chatter or splintering

Final check of depth

The majority of the waste cut away

After shaping with a dremel sanding drum and some elbow grease

The finished rim once wet sanded and etched logo painted in

Got some red anno suzue hubs off JT Racing and Del was kind enough to send me a few different sized decals to get the scale right inside the hub

Laced them up tonight in a crazy pattern (spokes were too short

) just to see how they would take the tension. I actually shat myself nearing the end of the lacing as the rim was a real crazy shape but it trued up well and should be lovely when i lace them in a 3x pattern

Big thanks to Scorcher Mick, JT Racing and Del for helping me make this possible

glenboy · « **Reply #1 on:** November 16, 2012, 12:29 AM »

great workmanship there if only skyway would have thought of that earlier it would've really fubared acs z rims eh, nice one but i've seen loads of em ...............................not

hotdog · « **Reply #2 on:** November 16, 2012, 12:29 AM »

I'm impressed

Retrodan72 · « **Reply #3 on:** November 16, 2012, 12:39 AM »

Great effort mate, top idea, loads of initiative too. Can't wait to see what happens when you ride on them.

bobbbbsy · « **Reply #4 on:** November 16, 2012, 12:44 AM »

probably should have painted the patent number yellow !

great stuff!

Darren KAP · « **Reply #5 on:** November 16, 2012, 12:46 AM »

fookin love it as you already know

BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN · « **Reply #6 on:** November 16, 2012, 12:58 AM »

great to see that there are still some new idea's, that surprise us after all this time

how if the flex when it was just rim ?

and what about yellow spokes and nips ?

B

Gnarlyscoots · « **Reply #7 on:** November 16, 2012, 01:07 AM »

Great work there bro, liking them a lot. You may get a lot of requests so keep them jigs at the ready

I have an old set of white you are free to do your 'unforgivable' on

oldschoolace · « **Reply #8 on:** November 16, 2012, 01:07 AM »

Cheers guys

Thought of both yellow and black for the spokes and nips Bendy but thought stainless would look a bit more old school. The Yellow was kinda hard to match as mags are a sort of bright egg yolk but i turned out plasticoat super gloss ral 1004 (i think it was) was a near perfect match

Cant really understand your other question Bendy?

If i read it right.... the rim was surprisingly rigid without the 5 spokes, You could get a bit of twist on it if you tried, but not much

BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN · « **Reply #9 on:** November 16, 2012, 01:19 AM »

yup that was the answer to my question

it's just that a normal metal rim doesn't flex (well hardly)

but a Z rim does

so i wanted to see where it fitted with out the spokes

(5000 post mark)

glenboy · « **Reply #10 on:** November 16, 2012, 01:36 AM »

congratz on the 5000th post b

oldschoolace · « **Reply #11 on:** November 16, 2012, 01:48 AM »

Yeah to be technical...ish you could probably twist the rim out of true manualy about 16mm if you really went at it.

Gnarlyscoots · « **Reply #12 on:** November 16, 2012, 01:55 AM »

Quote from: oldschoolace on November 16, 2012, 01:48 AM

Yeah to be technical...ish you could probably twist the rim out of true manualy about 16mm if you really went at it.

Just like a Z then yer? Would they stand up to hard riding bro?

oldschoolace · « **Reply #13 on:** November 16, 2012, 02:00 AM »

I imagine they would perform very similar to a z rim. The thicknesses of material is similar. Even though i countersunk the nipple heads you can see the square part of the nipples only just clear the surface of the rim so these are probably a touch thicker if anything

Jaymz · « **Reply #14 on:** November 16, 2012, 06:45 AM »

Epic win

Mdbh · « **Reply #15 on:** November 16, 2012, 07:01 AM »

Wow what a result!, they look like you bought em new off the shelf! Top job fella

bof · « **Reply #16 on:** November 16, 2012, 07:04 AM »

This is the best thread i have read, for a long time.

WINI · « **Reply #17 on:** November 16, 2012, 07:29 AM »

Quote from: bof on November 16, 2012, 07:04 AM

This is the best thread i have read, for a long time.

X2

This could've turned out like a dogs dinner if you hadn't done it properly, but I'm very impressed! Good innovation

Dark Diggler · « **Reply #18 on:** November 16, 2012, 07:32 AM »

bof approves.....

Love stuff like this, I think everyone who has them Tuppaway 24"s should allow you to do the humane thing to their ~~wheels~~
bike ruiners

M5AT · « **Reply #19 on:** November 16, 2012, 07:32 AM »

Look well cool them

AKGOFF · « **Reply #20 on:** November 16, 2012, 07:36 AM »

Very clever indeed and they look ace.

stu27 · « **Reply #21 on:** November 16, 2012, 07:43 AM »

good work fella

look superb

meticulous · « **Reply #22 on:** November 16, 2012, 07:45 AM »

poor poor poor skyways....

a proper bmx wheels killed as lay injured!

now made into a old fashioned wirey mess....

ha ha! kiddin ya!vvv AWESOME RESULTS! well done!

Kaner · « **Reply #23 on:** November 16, 2012, 07:47 AM »

They are so cool. Great idea.

jimwise68 · « **Reply #24 on:** November 16, 2012, 07:55 AM »

What a Fooking great idea. Nicely executed too.

Top job

Author Topic: Gentlemen.. may i introduce...... The Skyway Ace Rim (Read 21654 times)

Mdbh

bof

M5AT