exploding a wheel

[HellBent]

when my new wheel arrives im gunna explode my other one(really trashed have no need for it and its a pos).

im going to take off the disk, caliper, derailler, d-hanger, and my chain.

then im gunna cut some spokes to make it just able to hold my weight then im gunna hit a 7 footer(hard landing)

and its going to be on film and put into our movie:D

so do you think i should do it???

[IFO]

no cuz your bike will remeber what did later on...

the Karma wheel will come around on you....

if your feeling brave go for it... but i wouldnt....

[HellBent]

i know!!!

ill have someone else do it.


no but really, i think it would be cool but i dont want my bike to beat me up later on:(

[Jimmbo]

Originally posted by HellBent
when my new wheel arrives im gunna explode my other one(really trashed have no need for it and its a pos).

im going to take off the disk, caliper, derailler, d-hanger, and my chain.

then im gunna cut some spokes to make it just able to hold my weight then im gunna hit a 7 footer(hard landing)

and its going to be on film and put into our movie:D

so do you think i should do it???


might hurt the frame when your wheel collapes and your chainstays smoke the ground...

[mike]

sounds like a good way to possibly scew up your frame

[theoriginalhardcore]

do it on a crap frame

[snowboarder]

i say throw your rim as high as you can in the air. just dont catch it.

[FullMonty]

drop it off a REALLY tall building into heavy traffic... that would be cool :rolleyes:

[marksnet]

jsut put it on your bike without a tire and and try and ride and turn fast on the street. its fun.

[ronald55555]

i would do what mark said, but not drop on it, could easily screw up your frame and get the rider hurt.

[jro]

I was going to jump the road gap in Kranked III in a car for a movie, and when getting out there I realised that it wasn't worth it. Use your head when it is not clouded with thoughts of coolness, it works better that way.

[Dan]

its not that fantastic getting an exploding wheel on cam after a bit, my mate shatterd his 321 on a roadgap, got a SWEEET view side on of it, heres a sequence shot of it. im on dial up so i cbf uploading the video.
http://www.pinkbike.com/modules/photo/?op=view&image=98039

dont do it, it will screw ur bike over altho my mates bike was fine and he rolled.......actually, dragged out of it still up right till he came to a stop. put a 1inch trench in the ground tho :D

EDIT: skidding out of it on ur frame unhurt is highly unlikely.

[Req]

Hopefully when it breaks the rim won't get stock on your bike, and damage it

[NickS]

Put it on a beater bike.

[corey@nsmb.com]

Ahhh, Natural Selection.

[some dude]

Originally posted by Mulletron
Ahhh, Natural Selection. :grinno:

[willmtbike4food]

Originally posted by Req
Hopefully when it breaks the rim won't get stock on your bike, and damage it

ya, or a spoke go through your leg...


c'mon man, use your head.


plus, the wheel isn't shot now. don't waste it. hang it on a hook somewhere. that way, when your new wheel goes out of true real bad, or gets messed in a crash, you'll have a backup.

the last thing you oughta want, is for your bike to be out of service....


i have enough parts at home that if anything were to break, i can just bolt on another one, and not think too much of it. ya, i go buy a part to replace the broken one, and put the new part on, saving the old replacement to replace the new one, if need be.


the only thing i don't have extra here is grips. but, i have 4 rolls of cork tape, so, i am semi-covered... and what happens to grips unexpectedly... :cool:

[HellBent]

ok thanks guys i read all of your comments and i thought out side of the "coolness" and im not gunna do it.

thanks for the knock back into reality