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the best and safest high speed rims TUBELESS OR SPLIT goes without saying need to run true!!!!!!!
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SIP tubeless rims are round. Are they the safest? I'm not sure whether they are safer than another make of CNC machined one-piece tubeless rim, but then I have not heard any stories of un-safe tubeless CNC machined rims.

Have you? Your question suggests you might have.
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I tried a SIP tubeless rim on the front wheel of the sidecar because they are supposed to be safer in that they deflate slowly if punctured. Picked up a nail and felt a slight wander and before I could stop I was straight across the road and up the banked verge. Bent the forks and part of the sidecar chassis so I was not impressed with tubeless rims.
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Split rims you are either looking at Scootopia (which I seem to remember you had issues with) pattern Italian or Indian, which I can't really speak for. Not forgetting the BGM ones, which cost an arm and a leg. I have used the Evergreen standard wheel rim, which I think is Tino's, and that is very good. I've just had a quick look and I can't find those anywhere though.
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Tractorman wrote:I tried a SIP tubeless rim on the front wheel of the sidecar because they are supposed to be safer in that they deflate slowly if punctured. Picked up a nail and felt a slight wander and before I could stop I was straight across the road and up the banked verge. Bent the forks and part of the sidecar chassis so I was not impressed with tubeless rims.
You'd have been really unimpressed with a tubed tyre going pop.
Did you have to do that?
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AF Rayspeed do good tubeless for £55 each plus p&p.They fit on the original hub studs,front one is ok but on the rear the valve stem catches on the hub.They're working on a valve stem that doesn't touch the rear hub,I dont know how long that will take but its worth a phone call to ask.
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Phone, AF Rayspeed? Good luck with that. :lol:
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I went with Scootopia split rims. Bolts tighten up fine unlike some I have had that were cheese, seem true enough laying on flat surface. Not going to do motorway cruising or high speed myself If I was I would give the split rims a swerve and look into getting sips.I had a GTS Vespa which has the tubeless,. Riding along I heard a loud bang like a gun going off or tyre exploding , startled the hell out of me! Scoot was handling fine. Stopped for quick check. Everything looked fine tyre seem inflated ok. Got home had a better look. Saw the end of a nail in tread of rear. Got some pliers and started pulling out. Could not believe it kept coming and coming. Three inch nail not even bent.
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Doom Patrol wrote:Split rims you are either looking at Scootopia (which I seem to remember you had issues with) pattern Italian or Indian, which I can't really speak for. Not forgetting the BGM ones, which cost an arm and a leg. I have used the Evergreen standard wheel rim, which I think is Tino's, and that is very good. I've just had a quick look and I can't find those anywhere though.


Thank for all the replies,,,,,,,yes i had issues last year searching for a split rim which was round(runs true) i had to end up buying the stainless BGM ones 110 a pop is expensive but they are so superior to all the rest i think it money well spent. For my new build this winter i was considering tubeless but still not confines by quality,,,,,,,,,,,
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Well BGM ones are definitely an investment insofar as they might take twenty years to pay for themselves. Trouble is I'd probably be dead by then. :lol:
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