THE BEST BMX RIM GUIDE!

Phu Vu over at EPIC BMX (@_epicbmx) is one of the most knowledgeable shop owners there is, and in today's Tech Thursday he gives you everything you need to know about BMX Bike Rims! From single walls, to double walls, to G-sport cross laced rims, to Shadow ridge wheels, and Odyssey BMX arrow rims. What makes wheels strong, what makes them weak, 36 Holes vs 48 and how they are made.
THE BEST BMX RIM GUIDE!
Thanks for taking the time to watch my content! If there's anything you'd like to see, please let me know in the comments, and if you can, don't forget to drop a like!
If you'd like to support me:
/ alfredomancuso
For merch visit: www.AlfredoMancuso.com
/ alfredomancuso
/ alfredomancuso
/ alfredo.mancuso
SNAPCHAT: ALFREDOMANCUSO

[@tylerdurden7534]

Bro phu knows his shit. Would love to just have more videos like this, getting his perspective and insight on the bmx world.

[@AlfredoMancuso]

🤛🏽💯

[@cjpodkowka9767]

I want him so talk more about psi

[@keananconnor4221]

Look into alien nation tubless tyres man!

[@Bigrig_trmc]

I asked the same thing and fredo listened and made us one🤘🤘❤👑 much love to fredo!!

[@elirhines2811]

Elizabeth Borden low psi street u get pinch flats i run 65

[@ethandenis5650]

@@elirhines2811 low psi feels better for manual tricks

[@saturn-ce2ww]

i ride pretty soft tires but not too soft

[@dmitriitcaci3481]

Bro I love Ethan no homo he's so funny

[@AlfredoMancuso]

Ethans the funniest dude

[@jimvidrio4415]

Ethan needs his own channel 4 real!!!

[@miserycrumbs]

I love how he's really specific ... And really gets into it ... 👍 Nice vid man

[@AlfredoMancuso]

He’s so natural on camera

[@WickedG5150]

He's passionate about it. Gotta love Phu.

[@islamicsalami7208]

Thanks for all of these videos. I am getting back into BMX after not riding since 2005 and wow, technology has changed so much since then. Love all of the info in these and how clearly you explain these new types of products. Well done, man!

[@ReVolt_e-Vlogs]

Dude, you are honestly the best bmx source of information on KZbin, nobody even comes close! I'm a father to an 8yo that just got into BMX, I'm 48, & felt a lil nostalgic, so i bought me a bmx as well, i got him a 2020 GT Performer Box Palm edition, & me a 2020 Sunday EX Chris Childs with Cult Hawk Cranks, Profile 25t chain ring, BSD Swerve Cassette with Odyssey Hazard rim, & Hazard in front as well, with The Shadow Conspiracy brake & Colony Lever. If my son takes care of his bike, & don't get it stolen I'll buy him a way better bike in like 2 years, but shit, i wanted a GT in the 80's SO BAD when i was his age, even older, so he's got a way better starter bike than most other 3rd graders, he's already CRYING(LITERALLY) for a BSD Swerve Cassette now too! 😆 You have taught me so much over the past week i was able to find good bikes to get, 35 years outta the game, what to look for in a newer style quality bike to tell you it's quality, as well as what components are good, you also help us not get taken advantage of, rare for a business man to try to actually have customers spend less money

[@robertlee8400]

I have 5 Haro,s all from back in the late 80s & early 90s & I run all the same parts on each of them & my preferred rim & tire set up for all my bikes are peregrine high pressure 48s with a sealed hub & the Haro multi-surface tires 1 x275 with the gum tan side wall , old school or mid school if you will , my tire pressure is between 35 & 38 pounds depending on how I ride , dirt , vert , street or flatland & did I mention that I,m 50 years young & I still ride to this day & all my Haro,s are from my childhood that I kept over the years .

[@SchnellVITALVINYLVLOG]

I had my first photo in a magazine (full page in Faction) front white mag in 03 pegless upright stall to fakie.

[@jacobwatson5496]

So when you order rims, spokes, nipples, and the hubs online do they put it all together for you or do they send it all separately? Or do you have the option to ask them to do it for you? Please someone that’s experienced answer this.

[@allanbuttery5297]

Z Rims were the alternative to Araya`s and UKAI`s that were always buckling but lighter than Skyway Tuff with the advantage they had a metamorphic property.There was talk of 48 spoke examples but i have never seen them.so perhaps ACS like Skyway should remake them if perhaps just as a novelty item ?

[@DirtDigglerDetecting]

They were Z- rims. Had a pare. You could true them easy. Freezer No LOL heard that back in day. Seen a guy kick out and fold it and it was straight again. was like wtf.

[@benbudd1376]

Haha my friend did a high bunny hop and his literally exploded! Plastic pieces flew everywhere

[@DirtDigglerDetecting]

@@benbudd1376 Oh man that would scare me. I never jumped very high back then i was 10. LOL

[@634233284]

1 thing you missed, how the rim can be liced up. Their are some different ways to do it. I'm getting my Gsport rims radial with old school Shamano hubs. The frount spokes are 180 mm and back spokes are 165 mm, because of the hub diameter.. Very cool stuff.

[@pauljames1978]

1:18 I Rememeber ACS Z rims they folded all the time and broke spokes

[@soalrock1390]

I'd completely forgotten about those mythical freezer rims I'd ear about as a kid.

[@benbudd1376]

I actually just got that primo wheelset he pulled down, vs rims with balance rear cassette and the n4fl v2 front hub and I love them so far, best wheels I've ever owned by far!

[@gta-today4211]

Hi guys, need help with building my bike as I cant decide which rim I should use. On one hand there is the ( federal stance ) or the ( stranger crux V2 xl ) both freecoaster. Then on the other hand im thinking I could get a sim which has a ridge in the middle where the spoke nipples attach whereas the federal and sgrager cruz rims are flat where the spoke nipples attach. Any help is appreciated as im not sure if there is much strength difference or is being double walled strong enough . TIA

[@anuarmohamad3454]

Where is the shop?

[@markburns2545]

Oohhh nearly forgot....run the rims,on white walls,with black ⚫️ tops....that's old school 🏫....get u some...

[@a916productions8]

First

[@markburns2545]

Will take the doubles, but hey,they look awesome, with a flange hub ...(anodized)....boom....respect 😀

[@markburns2545]

Wider the rim,skinny the tyres...am taking this all day....this combo,sits right ✅️....now then, your running 🏃‍♂️ good 👍

[@TheAwGooner]

Love hearing Phu talk about tech. He really knows what he’s talking about

[@ponyboyc]

I remember old odyssey hazard light poster showing it has the same chambers as the Alex triple wall

[@AlfredoMancuso]

That’s wild! I don’t remember that but si believe you!

[@ponyboyc]

This was back in 04 haha

[@derektutty139]

what shop is this. this would be the perfect shop to go to if i need anything

[@alen-commentnazi8774]

Epic bmx

[@markburns2545]

Have snapped soo many plastic wheels 🛞....will pass now (lessons learned 😂😂😂)...gonna take a decent spoke, all days 👏 👍....

[@KaTiToYs_81]

I have Alex Supra rims 48 spokes triple wall on my Mongoose 2001 hooligans bmx....

[@LuluBejot]

This is actually a great bmx video!! keep it it, I just subscribed by the way

[@moderate_at_gaming8830]

Win?

[@GMDono]

Never bad to learn more abt bmx bikes

[@Younghead]

That Blue Skyway Tuff 2 wheel is not a Graphite wheel, Skyway Tuff 2’s only come in black Graphite.....!!!!!😎🤘

[@maddogcrazy9]

Nice, I feel like rim, wheel expert now. Nice and quick explained. Sweet.✌️💯

[@palashchoudhury5565]

I m Engineer, let me tell u few thng 1. In World of BMX light R is Better 2. Aluminum is Best. Steel is Better Othrs r just Good 3. Thin R Tyre helps u go Fast R Bit Thick R than Road Tyre is enough I like the way u Simplify evry thng

[@Juani3Blanc0]

Does anyone know what size spokes i should get Rant Squad Rim 20inch United 14mm 36holes I used a profile elite as a reference and it told me 194mm

[@rexracer7192]

The only wheels that matter in bmx are motomags!!!!!!!!! The fact noone makes them is testimony too people's idiocracy. The fact a guy made them in his garage 45yrs ago and noone can do that again is fckn sad!!!!!! Make motomags again, hello,,, earth to bmx people!!!!!

[@wesleysept6536]

I don't just think they are " rims", and/or just " wheels"! Please help me find " wheels", for my 22 inch BMX. Yes I remember Z rims/ wheels, I owned some black ones with red spokes, and hubs. That would be wicked if they made 22 inch Z rims, I'd be taking a pair of white, that's forsure. Anyways, not to get side tracked, but trying to find " any" 22 inch wheels is impossible! Yes I am aware of different walls, single, triple etc. I live in Canada, and my towns bike shops suck! They don't even try to help me, and I'm going crazy, the other shop doesn't even pretend to help me. Thanking you in advance, cause I really am grateful. Wes Sept

[@ChaddyFPV]

From 20x2.0. to 20x2.5 size tire what rim size should I buy.

[@Abowhuntersjourney]

I remember riding steel "tripple wall" rims on our dirt bmx's in the 90's and anything that was single or double wall was considered weak Now i ride aluminium double walls and they have been so damn tough and im 38 years old Hahaha And now i ride street and park

[@jdnstylescarlifenelson1969]

Na z Rims flexed if u over jumped a 180 or 360 ... Had 2set myself and that's what they did .. 100% true.

[@AlanCaro_]

1 minute ago!!! Loved the video Fredo👍🏼

[@Mic420m]

Dude's used to steal bikes back in the day JUST BECAUSE THEY HAD Z rims - 😂😂🤣🤣

[@garthc5994]

So I'm trying to revive my 20" free agent limo that I built back in 87ish. Right now it has some bent Araya rims with tnt revolver hubs. I wanna use the hubs because they are the tits but what would be some good rims? I know nothing of today's bmx parts.

[@trevmerrill15]

That’s actually a hoop not a rim

[@AlfredoMancuso]

Hoop and Rim are interchangeable

[@Arguematic]

Dude that was epic, as your saying thick chicks sre better, this marshmallow comes out of nowhere 😅😂

[@rollingLA]

Bro we are in 2020 I wold think all the Kidd’s now will know if not u are not a rider lol

[@AlfredoMancuso]

True but there’s new riders learning everyday!

[@rollingLA]

That’s why they got the big brothers or sisters bro u know us brother I been in the rideing seen for a long time u Personally know me brother lmfao We rode along with each other and came out in some filming with boy And some more homies

[@michaelduran7862]

Good vid alf.

[@chriscantu343]

Yo what’s in that se box though?

[@AlfredoMancuso]

Top secret

[@munnygawn9480]

It wasnt the freezer.... If you put them in hot water they would bend right back.

[@rikyspinjitsu]

lazy filming. learn how to focus the camera ALFREDO its not hard

[@matthubbard904]

Single wall and double wall 🤪

[@eatmysalt291]

G Sport Ribcage rims all day

[@sneim6972]

yeah, got mine a few weeks ago. they are awesome!

[@eatmysalt291]

Djinn Weasel I’m not good by anyone’s standards, but I’ve hit a 9 set and 180s up and down shit and they’re still perfectly true after a couple months of use.

[@pauljames1978]

I Remember skyway tuff 2s and spin 3 spoke wheels for racing then Araya 7x rims and primo hula hoop rims alex super E rims the first odyssey hazzard rims in tripple wall odyssey 7ka rims and what im rocking now is the cinema Reynolds rims 👍

[@randellkim2230]

Panda had the strongest rim and spokes 120 guage. 1974.

[@DirtDigglerDetecting]

Dad got me a wheel once that had Huge thick spokes. i never understood why ?

[@aaronalonzo7403]

Can i get a gift from you idol?🙏 Even it's Just a double wall rimset😔

[@nalbert6979]

Something that no one uses any more is spoke washers to prevent the nipples from pulling through the rim.

[@jamesbridges1107]

That blue Skyway 24" wheel is not graphite...

[@ted714]

My mind was blown from the Alex Triple Walls part, I had one of those and (1) Odyssey Hazard Lite

[@KaTiToYs_81]

And i have that alex supra triple walled rims!really great!

[@motorunto775]

I have mad maxx triple walled wheels

[@Tristan_8055]

hello there sir mancuso

[@AlfredoMancuso]

Sup guys!

[@Mrloreye]

What's the thing called that holds the sealed bearing into place on the wheel

[@Mic420m]

I thought there were 36 Chambers. Oh, no, that's WuTang not Phu Tang

[@Osrszombie]

i have a set of them plastic rims new in the box there purple ill have to dig them out one day

[@coledrake7024]

Another good video

[@Darkstartsb]

I'm here 😁

[@AlfredoMancuso]

And first

[@Darkstartsb]

@@AlfredoMancuso does that mean I win the bike lol. But yea this is good knowledge. Good thing I choose the primo rims. And I would like to know about the psi in a tire like foo said

[@ゆきな-u4e]

man i dont know single thing but when i watch this i even have option thanks broh

[@elijahkoehrer239]

late comment sorry Is the asc-z like the skyway tuff mags

[@dereklambert7478]

So find a wide cross laced rim…the hunt begins lol

[@ulisesgranados3815]

Do you still have more of those green rims?

[@AlfredoMancuso]

I’m sure epic does

[@ulisesgranados3815]

@@AlfredoMancuso where do i shop?? Im in va lol

[@travis_gentry5]

Bro that red frame I want that frame bad but broke

[@AlfredoMancuso]

The sleeper! It’s fire for sure. Save up

[@kravstema6287]

It’s a good shop, I buy my bikes there. Stand up guys

[@Jaycee368]

What do u guys think about the stranger crux XL rim

[@jakebeaton4163]

Hey man what do you think the strongest 29er rim is ?

[@cindy5591]

I like these tech Thursday’s do more alf

[@AlfredoMancuso]

💯🤝

[@Guccibuckethat69420]

“Rim-Wheel Rim-wheel” Me: duh Other guy: duh

[@kikogomezbmx]

Really informative, i hope he gave things about the effects of colors or coatings (hard anodized, chrome rims) on brakes 😬 but this really good!

[@austinosogwin4121]

when did Eddie Bravo start working at a bike shop?

[@paulwong4912]

how old is the vid?

[@AlfredoMancuso]

A month old i believe

[@TheFuzzyboy1976]

The same concept applies to cars, is not rims , is wheels 🛞

[@juliusjames5563]

Awesome, how much for a purple profile mini rear hub =)

[@cymonjames7651]

what is more stronger a thicker spoke or a thin normal spoke?

[@soleadoc]

I had some Z-Rims. When they flexed the spokes punctured the tubes, so Miami hoppers were a no-no. I took some small motorcycle spokes and laced them, which stiffened the shit out of them, but still inevitably wouldn’t hold up to harsh riding. You had to keep them clean with alcohol for the brakes to bite well.

[@twiztidsidfreak13]

I got my hands on 1 Z-rim never had a full set. Did meet a dude with Z-Mags on his Performer.

[@Eric-ot1fn]

It’s comes off a slitter then it’s rolled formed

[@maricelbonto3479]

Question: if your switching from single wall to double wall can you use the same length spoke?

[@AlfredoMancuso]

Sure can!

[@maricelbonto3479]

@@AlfredoMancuso thank you

[@MichaelTonyp]

What's name of that bike shop I want to order from him

[@dabington]

The primo vs rim is the worst rim I've ever bought

[@jylesguevarra]

"spreading out the metal load..."

[@djalmerol957]

Sir i want frame pls gave me im from philipines

[@StreetDreamzTT]

Always love info from the epic base. Love the content recently alf. Keep it up 👍🏼

[@emidi4604]

Uncle can you tell me what is the price of that rim

[@chrissecondi7907]

Do yall build rims for a fast ripper

[@kevlar8340]

Always passing the knowledge! Dope vid, Alfredo!

[@pilsgrms529]

You HELP ME ALOT! Thanks

[@keananconnor4221]

9:35 he made misses fu go so red omg ahah

[@jamorini]

Phu makes the best content. Love Phu! Wish he had his own channel. I never miss a Phu episode.

[@curvedbridge]

Bruh i was in a bike shop the other day and a guy asked the same exact thing and said "wheres the middle rods" ffs i laughed so hard on my head

[@AlfredoMancuso]

Kent Zyven haha damn

[@gregrop4857]

Key Largo Emilio wider is better

[@TheTattooedChap]

I want to know more about PSI and I’ll be praying for your finger 🤙

[@AlfredoMancuso]

🤛🏽☺️

[@loganwebber278]

freezer method stills works wym

[@cjpodkowka9767]

Love the videos dude thank you for the content

[@Autoshyne79]

Araya☝️

[@laiskindt6880]

My federal rim snap 5min ago

[@bosscrein1420]

U have shop online in Europe?