June 4, 201115 yr After some 15 years of Montesa using flanged rear wheel rims that do not leak it appears the rest of the world has finally woken up as nearly all the new bikes now have these rims. Why has it taken so long to adopt a better technical solution? Maybe 2020 they will all be making 4 strokes?
June 4, 201115 yr Pity Beta got away from the flanged rim. Never had an issue with my old bikes with the flange.
June 4, 201115 yr Costs may have been an issue. The rims are one of the most expensive single components on a trials bike.
June 4, 201115 yr After some 15 years of Montesa using flanged rear wheel rims that do not leak it appears the rest of the world has finally woken up as nearly all the new bikes now have these rims. Why has it taken so long to adopt a better technical solution? Maybe 2020 they will all be making 4 strokes? Fashion
June 5, 201115 yr After some 15 years of Montesa using flanged rear wheel rims that do not leak it appears the rest of the world has finally woken up as nearly all the new bikes now have these rims. Why has it taken so long to adopt a better technical solution? Maybe 2020 they will all be making 4 strokes? more likely because they are not perfect and suffer more with broken spokes and are occasionally subject to leaks bad fitting tyres, but thats probably more down to QC. Ossa did not try to make a similar wheel to be different but to avoid the lh/rh thread and this design has been troublesome for the top lads aswell.
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