People have lives. Even most businesses will take up to 72hrs to respond to communications.
it’s Kaly.nyc, Ernesto has a great track record of solid builds that see people thousands of km (including Shaquille O’Neal). I don’t think many here at all have built as many boards or know as much about board building as he does.
Good. Let’s end this. For future reference, so you don’t KILL yourself or anybody else, please absorb the following:
A: The perfectly-round molded rubber bead, reinforced by a metal + nylon cord, is ALL that centers a tire on a rim.
B: It’s permissible to remove rubber flash that extends inward, (as in NOT on the seating surface of the bead, but sticking inward toward the inner tube) so that it does not fold over cause the tire to bind during install.
C: If the bead is cut to the cord, it’s no longer 94mm ID, and will never center on ANY hub.
D: Cut as sloppily and deeply as these, when inflated, what’s left of the bead can easily slip off of the outer rim of the hub. This has happened to at least one poor soul here, and was extensively documented and analyzed.
E: I don’t care if Ernesto has sold these tires with them in the past, 200x50 inner tubes are balloon-thin when inflated to fill 200x75 tires, and recipe for disaster. The only sizes permissible are the correct 200x75, which admittedly are hard to find (hence my ASKING you to assure me they were correct), and 2.50/2.80-4 as a distant second.
I have (read it.) I will (fuck off.) And, most importantly, I am sorry I was so forceful.
Because it’s clear you’re a regular here, and have a tech job, we get notifications of msgs/posts here, I read your silence as intentional. That coupled with the request for a friends & family payment instead of payment for goods looks mighty suspicious.
Please understand that my instant condemnation of you, came from giving Kaly/Ernesto the benefit of the doubt… I simply cannot believe that these tires came out of his shop, directly, in this condition, nor with the tubes you sent. (2x 200x50, 3x 2.50/2.80-4)
I chose to help you raise cash rather than buying new from Ernesto for only slightly more, felt extra burned for that decision.
I AM SORRY Brent. I should have simply waited, and kept this private.
I’m also sorry I made such a stink here, will take a step back.
You’re absolutely right. I had no right to expect a reply or resolution so quickly. Indeed Brent had a family emergency that trivializes all this shit. These are rubber tires that I’ve now weaponized.
Please, everyone who’s had the misfortune of reading my screed, accept my apology for being such a jerk.
I wish everyone had the ability to admit when they’ve stepped wrong, and do the hard bit to fix it. And cheers to @brently for graciously accepting the apology.
The Sur Ron is kewl n all but circling one of these Talaria 3X MX from an Alibaba seller, price much better than a dealer but I really wish they wouldn’t reinvent specs in the chat.
I got an onyx rcr for Christmas. A bit heavy for a true offroader but has the speed and distance I need to get to work while still leaving me with a smile on the trails.