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Junk IMO.  Save up a little more and get these

http://www.danscomp.com/products-PARTS- … heels.html

Yo got it, Roy. Thanks a bunch!!! Added those wheels to the list!

Roy Munson wrote:

Junk IMO.  Save up a little more and get these

http://www.danscomp.com/products-PARTS- … heels.html

+2

Oh, and the bike is going to be an '83-'88 Mongoose Californian.

If you're doing things where you'd be concerned about bending wheels....you may want to rethink the whole 30yo frame idea.

cat-walk wrote:

buy cheap then. its your bike..

I don't understand where you're coming from. I asked if a $140 pair of wheels was any good. I was then pointed at a set of wheels that are slightly more expensive and then told they were of better quality. A statement you then +2'd to. I said that seemed like a good idea and agreed to buy them.

You pointed me at a better product, I agreed to give it a shot, and you call me cheap? The whole point of this thread was to see if I could buy durable wheels without breaking my bank. If it's not possible, tell me it's not possible. Don't talk in circles and then berate me.

Psycho, I'm not planning anything like the crazy stuff people do on modern bikes. But even so, if you think an older frame won't hold up to the abuse, then I'll have to reconsider my plans for the build. I'd love your input, as I'm not too well versed at how well an old bike handles the kind of punishment it would have seen when it was new.

I dunno if you guys misread my tone or what. I didn't mean to come off as rude or disrespectful. I'm just trying to build the race bike I had back when I was a teenager. I apologize if I came across as such, and again I don't know what I should expect to pay for parts. I asked if $150ish was a decent area, because I didn't want people to think I was looking for a "spare no expense" top of the line, absolute best-quality wheel that all the pros use on unlimited budgets. If I can't conceivably buy good wheels for that much, then I'll have to rethink my budget.

psychoduddycycles wrote:

If you're doing things where you'd be concerned about bending wheels....you may want to rethink the whole 30yo frame idea.

yes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZ8JVc-l … re=related

That's what I'm trying to do. On a classic BMX bike. I'm not trying to be Ryan Nyquist on an old Mongoose. I'm not trying to be a pro racer. I just want to ride a classic Mongoose around a dirt track and have a good time, like I used to back when I was a kid.

I used to bend rims doing it, and I was looking for a better wheel without going broke. I am well aware that the bike is going to cost money. And I am aware that the bike is old. I've ridden lots of old bikes, some of them very very hard. At most I broke a pedal off or snapped a chain. And I'm talking old department store Huffys, not loop-tailed 4130 race bikes.

I used cheap rims on my old Californian because they were what I could afford with a McDonald's job. They bent all the time. I don't know how often a decent race bike wheel bends, because I've never owned one. I assumed they must pretty often, and I can't afford to be buying a new $200 wheelset every time I bend one. Hence this thread.

Metal degrades with age. I get that. If the welds break and I die or become horribly paralyzed, that's my problem. Sorry I asked. I'll build the bike with or without approval, I'm just trying to get some help finding the right parts. You guys have been around the sport a lot longer than I have, and I'm asking for help trying to build a better version of the bike I had as a kid. If you think it's wrong of me to want to rebuild my old bike and enjoy it like I used to, then you aren't obligated to help me, but I'd apperciate it if you would. I don't have a lot of aspirations in this world, but I'd like to think getting my old bike back is a pretty small but achievable dream.

You show me where I was being out of line and I'll take it back.

addiemonster wrote:

cat-walk wrote:

buy cheap then. its your bike..

I don't understand where you're coming from. I asked if a $140 pair of wheels was any good.

Last edited by cat-walk (2012-05-28 4:24am)

Buy once, cry once. And yes, you seem to be rather confrontational and I've only been here for a week or so. lol. With that said, I'd save my duckies until I got what I wanted. I'm sure the money is burning a hole in your pocket, but I'd wait.

Whenever I got back into BMX (like a month ago), I had to decide if I wanted to get a Hutch or something OS like I used to have. However, since bicycle technology is leaps and bounds ahead, I went NS and never looked back. It's like using a 68 Camaro to street race when a Subaru BR-Z would be better suited. *shrug* Of course my opinion is worth as much as you paid for it. =P

Yea 1.9.

Look into getting something bigger than that little mongoose. Havin the bike you had as a kid and a bike you can enjoy riding are 2 different things. Unless your still the same height.

Always great deals on here or can be found. 

If you need any help with anything. Dont be afraid to PM.
I frequent this site less, so it might not be that day. And dont worry. It's not just you. While drawn out explanations are well played. Context and emotion gets all warped. There is ALOT or garbage on here. Just tell Em to frank off.

Haha. Yeah, I hit my growth spurt at like 13. I've been 6'1" the whole time. I've ridden 24s and they're cool for cruising, but I feel right at home on my little 20s.

And yeah, the language filters here are great. I'd love to hear the story behind the one for shit.