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Re: What COTS parts would you like to see?

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Originally Posted by marshall View Post
We gave up on those aggravating clips years ago and switched over to rivets... which come with their own problems but we find them easier than the clips to deal with.
What wheels do you use, and what size (bore and length) rivets? Which style tread is this with?

At the end of Red Stick Rumble, we wound up wiring the (pebble top) tread on with steel wire wrapped around the wheel and tread in about six places, which seemed to work better than anything we had done all season. Failing a good way to secure clips, we were already planning that in a situation like this year we would go with "solid rubber" wheels (e.g. colsons, or kit wheels from 2010, 2015, or 2016), and carving tread if needed, or the wiring solution. We'll have to try some rivets.
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