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!
Dude, you are honestly the best bmx source of information on RUclips, 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
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 .
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!
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.
Good vid, the only thing left out was the difference between sleeved rims and welded rims! And I guess spoke count for the midschool 48 spoke wheels and 14mm front and rear axles!
So glad its thursday. I was blessed this week both you and Nate spent time at epic. Hell ya definitely need to go back and get schooled about pressures
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 ?
✌🏾 Bro... Mr. E reminds me of my dad, straight to the point and dont say the wrong thing, he will correct you and give you the techs on it... (THIS IS A RIM, AND THIS IS A WHEEL, OK)... ✌🏾 Bro, stay safe...
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.
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
I dont know shit about bikes I was enamored as a kid but left the sport for mega long... I picked up a WTP Crysis a few years ago I run Eclat tripping xl rims... this is very informative
@@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
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
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.
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.
last time i heard the freezer myth was in the 90's. Phu said he wished the company's would send him a rim to cut in half to show the complete structure of the inside walls. well he or you could have pulled up pictures from some of the company's websites that show what he was talking about. I rarely bought any rims in the past 20 years without seeing a cross-cut picture of the rims. by the way my favorite rim is probably the heaviest ones i ever ridden and that would be the "Sun BFR's" those things were tanks. I don't know if you remember about a year ago i asked you if you knew of any that i could purchase........well i'm still looking so please keep an eye out for me please. Thank you so much for the great content and i'm sending good vibes your way for.............your finger.
My first visit to Epic bmx shop today for a new tire. I get home and their you guys are right in my feed lol. I didn't know Epic had a yt channel thats awesome!
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 👍
i saw you posted this video on your instagram story so i went to youtube to watch it and vuala it was the first video on my home page lol. i know i spelled vuala wrong
Droppin knowledge...thanks! I thought crosslace was somethin else. I think a follow up on a complete wheelbuild would be awesome. U can talk hubs and spokes then tubes and tires another week. Appreciate it
We need a video on how to hustle with Phu. Like I need to learn the game. He huslted me on two chrome primo rims for 100 a piece then told he he bought them on sale from Tip for 8$ a piece and was waiting for a sucker....I was that sucker.
Handy dandy vid, thanks again! Maybe you could search/ ask for busted rims/wheels, and make a little corner to show off differences inside, cut em in half like ya boy said. Little demo corner orso
Bro phu knows his shit. Would love to just have more videos like this, getting his perspective and insight on the bmx world.
🤛🏽💯
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!
Dude, you are honestly the best bmx source of information on RUclips, 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
I love how he's really specific ... And really gets into it ... 👍 Nice vid man
He’s so natural on camera
He's passionate about it. Gotta love Phu.
Love hearing Phu talk about tech. He really knows what he’s talking about
I want him so talk more about psi
Look into alien nation tubless tyres man!
I asked the same thing and fredo listened and made us one🤘🤘❤👑 much love to fredo!!
Elizabeth Borden low psi street u get pinch flats i run 65
@@elirhines2811 low psi feels better for manual tricks
i ride pretty soft tires but not too soft
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 .
Bro I love Ethan no homo he's so funny
Ethans the funniest dude
Ethan needs his own channel 4 real!!!
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!
Never bad to learn more abt bmx bikes
BMX101 with Phu are some of my favorite videos..
✊🏼✊🏼
Phu makes the best content. Love Phu! Wish he had his own channel. I never miss a Phu episode.
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.
Funnily enough, I build myself some wheels two weeks ago. Chrome Ribcage with black Antigram and Vandero hubs. Love them !
That’s fire!
@@AlfredoMancuso Thank you ! Have a nice weekend !
Phu videos are my favorite
Good vid, the only thing left out was the difference between sleeved rims and welded rims! And I guess spoke count for the midschool 48 spoke wheels and 14mm front and rear axles!
Always passing the knowledge! Dope vid, Alfredo!
this man knows what he is talking about, so good!🙏
Good vid alf.
Fu is the best guy that runs a bmx shop im a fan if fu vu...epic
💯
man i dont know single thing but when i watch this i even have option thanks broh
I like these tech Thursday’s do more alf
💯🤝
I had my first photo in a magazine (full page in Faction) front white mag in 03 pegless upright stall to fakie.
I love the epic visits, it's always great content
💯💯
Great video! Love these guys.
This video helped out a lot. I was looking for this type of explanation
Thanks for going tech deep again these are so fun and great to watch !!
Love the videos dude thank you for the content
Wider the rim,skinny the tyres...am taking this all day....this combo,sits right ✅️....now then, your running 🏃♂️ good 👍
So glad its thursday. I was blessed this week both you and Nate spent time at epic. Hell ya definitely need to go back and get schooled about pressures
Another good video
Always learning new things from phu 🔥
I remember old odyssey hazard light poster showing it has the same chambers as the Alex triple wall
That’s wild! I don’t remember that but si believe you!
This was back in 04 haha
1:18 I Rememeber ACS Z rims they folded all the time and broke spokes
I'd completely forgotten about those mythical freezer rims I'd ear about as a kid.
Phu is the man
1 minute ago!!! Loved the video Fredo👍🏼
My mind was blown from the Alex Triple Walls part, I had one of those and (1) Odyssey Hazard Lite
And i have that alex supra triple walled rims!really great!
I have mad maxx triple walled wheels
You HELP ME ALOT! Thanks
Dude your the best youtuber duse from the phillipines dude idol
🙏🏻🙏🏻
@@AlfredoMancuso 🙏🙏
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 ?
Dude that was epic, as your saying thick chicks sre better, this marshmallow comes out of nowhere 😅😂
He is the master of knowledge
Nice, I feel like rim, wheel expert now. Nice and quick explained. Sweet.✌️💯
This is actually a great bmx video!! keep it it, I just subscribed by the way
More stuff like this I am new to bikes and bmx and I learn a lot from these videos
Always love info from the epic base. Love the content recently alf. Keep it up 👍🏼
✌🏾 Bro... Mr. E reminds me of my dad, straight to the point and dont say the wrong thing, he will correct you and give you the techs on it... (THIS IS A RIM, AND THIS IS A WHEEL, OK)... ✌🏾 Bro, stay safe...
I can listen him all dayyyyyy!
I just learned something new here.. Very informative
so interesting to watch this between a freestyle bike and a race bike.
🙏🏻💜
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.
I got my hands on 1 Z-rim never had a full set. Did meet a dude with Z-Mags on his Performer.
need a weekly series ft phu
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
Nicely done Alfredo, so informative....👍👍👍
I dont know shit about bikes I was enamored as a kid but left the sport for mega long... I picked up a WTP Crysis a few years ago I run Eclat tripping xl rims... this is very informative
I'm here 😁
And first
@@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
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
Attendance is a must! 🤣🤣Alf gang gang gang!! 💯 💯 👊 👊
Really informative, i hope he gave things about the effects of colors or coatings (hard anodized, chrome rims) on brakes 😬 but this really good!
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.
9:35 he made misses fu go so red omg ahah
Thank you sir! I fell off for awhile but wow you know the shizzle😂
Will take the doubles, but hey,they look awesome, with a flange hub ...(anodized)....boom....respect 😀
what shop is this. this would be the perfect shop to go to if i need anything
Epic bmx
The Berm Peak of BMX! Love you guys!
G Sport Ribcage rims all day
yeah, got mine a few weeks ago. they are awesome!
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.
last time i heard the freezer myth was in the 90's. Phu said he wished the company's would send him a rim to cut in half to show the complete structure of the inside walls. well he or you could have pulled up pictures from some of the company's websites that show what he was talking about. I rarely bought any rims in the past 20 years without seeing a cross-cut picture of the rims. by the way my favorite rim is probably the heaviest ones i ever ridden and that would be the "Sun BFR's" those things were tanks. I don't know if you remember about a year ago i asked you if you knew of any that i could purchase........well i'm still looking so please keep an eye out for me please. Thank you so much for the great content and i'm sending good vibes your way for.............your finger.
I love these videos! I agree more on psi maybe even tires!
My first visit to Epic bmx shop today for a new tire. I get home and their you guys are right in my feed lol. I didn't know Epic had a yt channel thats awesome!
I def need a new back wheel. Gonna stop by this weekend for sure
Do you still have more of those green rims?
I’m sure epic does
@@AlfredoMancuso where do i shop?? Im in va lol
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 👍
Question: if your switching from single wall to double wall can you use the same length spoke?
Sure can!
@@AlfredoMancuso thank you
i saw you posted this video on your instagram story so i went to youtube to watch it and vuala it was the first video on my home page lol. i know i spelled vuala wrong
You've made me wonder how it's spelled. Now I gotta google it or it'll drive me crazy.
Phu is awesome!
loved the video❤️
Where is the shop?
Could you do a segment on different materials on Bike Frames - What is better ?
HELLL YEA !!! thick on da bmx lol great information , so interesting!!!!
Maybe you got some info on the eclat tripple pin system are they just pinwelded or do they use real pins?
Damn, Phu is really a legend, thank both of you!
What about the Shadow Truss rim with centered spokes holes? Does that make them (more) solid?
Droppin knowledge...thanks!
I thought crosslace was somethin else.
I think a follow up on a complete wheelbuild would be awesome. U can talk hubs and spokes then tubes and tires another week.
Appreciate it
what is more stronger a thicker spoke or a thin normal spoke?
From 20x2.0. to 20x2.5 size tire what rim size should I buy.
Very informative thanks
It strengthens the rim
Hi Alfredo,
Want to ask you a question. I have a 29” SE mike buff fast 💨 ripper and need too know what Maxxis tires are good for all weather climates?
What do u guys think about the stranger crux XL rim
I love these
💜
We need a video on how to hustle with Phu. Like I need to learn the game. He huslted me on two chrome primo rims for 100 a piece then told he he bought them on sale from Tip for 8$ a piece and was waiting for a sucker....I was that sucker.
Pretty sure you’re referring to capitalism
Alfredo Mancuso I wasn’t mad about it. Just want to learn the hustle.
Handy dandy vid, thanks again! Maybe you could search/ ask for busted rims/wheels, and make a little corner to show off differences inside, cut em in half like ya boy said. Little demo corner orso
Need to see a review on the eclat carbon fiber carbonic rim
What's the thing called that holds the sealed bearing into place on the wheel
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
I’m trying to get back into bmx, I’m 31 years, 5’7 and around 240lbs so what bmx would be a good one for me? Thanks for any advice
Hey Dago, checkout subrosabrand.com they make amazing bikes for all budgets. Most BMX bikes can handle weights up to 300lbs 🤟🏻
Alfredo Mancuso thank you for the info I’ll check them out and hopefully get back into bmx soon
Hey man what do you think the strongest 29er rim is ?
What’s up Alfredo!? ✌🏼
What up fettuccine
Skyway tuffmags & Z-rims with anodised spokes looked sick but putting them in freezer never worked. I tried.
What if I put a narrow 20inch rim for a 2.3 tyre, does that make the tyre wider?
Dad got me a wheel once that had Huge thick spokes. i never understood why ?