Stainless tubeless again

[scootRS.com]

Or maybe yours does? You seem overly fond of sarcastic interruptions of civil discussion, no?

Thoughtful people won't mind taking 2 minutes to read something. But there's also the simplistic answer above to gulp down right away for folks like you in a hurry

Then again, no one's forcing anyone to read or buy anything. I won't cry if MBD won't condense and retype all their info on here for me and I have to - gosh, golly! - read something on their website before buying their product. Will you?

[bristolmod]

Randall

we are talking here of wheel rims, the safety of which, is vital to everyone that rides a scooter.

There have been numerous threads regarding these over the last couple of years, together with pictures of SS rims which have split and cracked.

All I and many others are trying to do is get a definative answer as to whether they are safe or not. You seem to be stating that they are safe but please correct me if I have misunderstood you.

Finally, sarcasm doesn't come into it my friend- not when peoples lives depend on a product.

[scootRS.com]

You forgot to mention the poor children starving in Africa. (That was reverse sarcasm.) Argumentum ad populum.

>>numerous threads regarding these over the last couple of years, together with pictures of SS rims which have split and cracked.

Which is discussed intelligently above for the benefit of all via actual facts and logical analysis of them - Sterling has sold some bad rims, nothing beyond that -, not by your constant sarcasm, attacks, rhetoric, and wild generalizations, which only serve to obscure the truth and in other cases perhaps actually endanger people.

If you don't care for the facts, show how they are otherwise. Otherwise...

[bristolmod]

OK Randall.............I'll leave it at that

Obviously its me thats the problem and any RTA's that occur are due to me querying the previously aired threads.

After all- its not me sat on a pile of SS rims in SE Asia

One of the first rules is that when you know you're in a hole, then stop digging

[sydduckett]

What does the info say on randalls website? He keeps refering to it. Why doesnt Randall post a link and stop faffing round. Randall has previos on this so hes doing himself no favors by going round the houses....

Sort it out...

sef

[druist]

this stainless rim issue always ends up the same way.

My main concern is "show use only". Should I have an accident, they see that then I am left without redress am i not?

Then that leaves me with now 2 sets that i cant use (first set without safety bead, second set stainless), and now I have to buy another set to be safe(er)

[Dryballs]

What does the info say on randalls website? He keeps refering to it. Why doesnt Randall post a link and stop faffing round. Randall has previos on this so hes doing himself no favors by going round the houses....

Sort it out...

sef

You could just go to http://scootrs.com/moreinfo.cfm?Product_ID=1493 and read it yourself

Or if clicking is tricky...

NOTE: this rim is made from stainless steel. The advantage of stainless steel is that it will not rust and can always be repolished. The rims thus look very nice. Also, stainless is harder, so less danger of bending the rim when mounting tires.

The disadvantage is that stainless is harder and more brittle than regular steel which means it can possibly crack rather than bend. That tendency can be exacerbated by welding and certain environmental factors.

We have never had a single reported problem with this rim! However, stainless rims have not been proven out in the elements for years on different vehicles, and we are selling them FOR SHOW USE ONLY. If you choose to use them on a regular basis, you do so at your own risk and should inspect them occasionally.


Pretty clear to me!

Personally I just stick with standard old rims as I like to change my own tyres!

[sydduckett]

Dryballs if the site wasnt so poor i would have done that, but i have better things to do with my time. Its his company hes trying to defend, not to much to expext him to post a link , after all he does keep reffering to it. But as your on a retainer i can see that you have done it for him...

[Dryballs]

But as your on a retainer i can see that you have done it for him...

I wish! at least i would have some income at the moment!

I only looked because I was curious to see what they looked like these days, but as I said before, I prefer old style split rims!

[druist]

Dryballs if the site wasnt so poor i would have done that, but i have better things to do with my time. Its his company hes trying to defend, not to much to expext him to post a link , after all he does keep reffering to it. But as your on a retainer i can see that you have done it for him...

lol.


I appreciate that link but wished it was more visible when my partner bought be me these (got to be over 2yrs now) after a partial refund offered by Scootrs from the safety bead issue of the V1, a) she didn't see that caveat or anything else (it went something like "what do you want for xmas... some stainless tubeless ((safer)) wheel from Scootrs) I dont think many people tend to have to look at small print to buy a damn wheel!
b) I wouldnt have found it as the only things I can find easy on the site are things to buy or which are promoted.

If something is "show use only" its not road use too, it's a contradictory statement. At the time these were purchased there wasnt a debate about stainless cracking, sure meturallugists would know and so would perhaps mechanics, but who else????
it is only when they arrived was "show use" seen, as you can imagine, the cost to sent these back from the uk would have been costly again well before Sticky's and others debate started on LCGB.

I do believe Randall on inferior grades and that he has done his best - but I also can see the logic on Stainless cracking. It's just that SS tubeless and V1 have now cost me a lot and obviously I am now very p**ed off that i have to buy yet another set to be "safer".