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[Cory]

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Ooooh, shiny! I notice you guys always make your wheels two pieces, and I've never really known why... care to enlighten me?

[Cory]

Originally Posted by 114ManualLabor

Ooooh, shiny! I notice you guys always make your wheels two pieces, and I've never really known why... care to enlighten me?

There's a chamfered groove in each half that acts as a beadlock style wheel and captures the tread.

In the past we've actually run the wheels with no rivets, to hold the ends down, and it works just fine

[Stephen Kowski]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jskowski/459486148/

should give you a better idea....ive highlighted some of the points of interest on the photo

[Travis Covington]

Originally Posted by Stephen Kowski

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jskowski/459486148/

should give you a better idea....ive highlighted some of the points of interest on the photo

haha! Thanks, you did the explaining for us!

Sweet. Our wheels have the lip on the edge, but we just rivet. Does the 2 piece give any major advantages to offset the weight of cap screws to hold it together?

[Cory]

Originally Posted by 114ManualLabor

Sweet. Our wheels have the lip on the edge, but we just rivet. Does the 2 piece give any major advantages to offset the weight of cap screws to hold it together?

The weight pretty much is negligible, as far as we're concerned. The wheel weighs something like 0.23 lbs.

[Stephen Kowski]

Originally Posted by Travis Covington

haha! Thanks, you did the explaining for us!

I've tried to explain it to several people before, it always seems easier to do it this way.