|   Hey Bianchi4me? Quick question. | heff®
Jun 6, 2002 6:57 AM | | My girlfriend's new bike came with Bonty Corvair rims, seem sturdy enough for a beginner. Ya think I should look for a better wheelset while I'm at Jim Thorpe or Pedros, or d'ya think these'll hold up for her?
She'll kill me if she knows I told ya, but she goes about 200 pounds, so she's not a lightweight, but she's just beginning, not too hard on the equipment yet. Still steers around large pebbles......lol
heff® |
| I'm tellinnnnn!! ....... | jdcamb
Jun 6, 2002 10:13 AM | | Unless you buy me ice cream or Mexican food from that place on Rt. #7. I also want a Alien tool like the one at your Bike Shop and some really good beer.....jdcamb |
| That should be fine... | Bianchi4Me
Jun 6, 2002 5:51 PM | | Those came on my wife's Trek 6500 WSD, too. They've done reasonably well, though the bearings in the OEM hubs got rough pretty quickly. They should be fine from a stiffness standpoint, just not the lightest thing around. |
| That should be fine... | Stockli boy
Jun 7, 2002 8:52 AM | | My girlfriend has those rims on her Trek 6500WSD as well, I've noticed that chaging tires on them is hell. On my rims (Old Bontrager BCX2, 10 years old, thousands of miles, and still true) I can chage a tire without levers, on hers I usually break at least one lever per change, regardless of tire manufacturer. It seems the sidewall height is bigger than my rims.
Anyone else run into this? If so, it seems like a poor selectrion of rims for a women's mid-entry level bike, considering how difficult it is to change a tire. |
| Yep...... | HooKooAl
Jun 7, 2002 10:50 AM | | they were the standard wheels on my HooKooEKoo, held up to my 200lbs well enough but changing tires was a real pain in the ass.
Alan. |
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