Ok. Asking an honest question. Have anyone on here or anyone know of someone bending a atx bead lock? Not the ring but the rim.
I've heard of one but didn't actually see it. Mel mangled a rim during KOH this year. Greg can tell more about it as he was in the race.
It is definitely not impossible to bend an ATX beadlock ring, they are aluminum. However, I would like to see some photos, or at a minimum, know more details on the backstory of these bent rings because it would honestly be a first. Also to clarify, we did not bend a beadlock on the EVOTJ during this years King of the Hammers. Infact after cutting a tire and not having a spare, we drove almost 30 miles on a flat that would at some point shred the entire tread section and inside sidewall free of the tire, leaving us only the outer sidewall still completely attached to the beadlock. We made it almost 2/3rds of the way up Aftershock (a canyon filled with rock gardens, refrigerator sized boulders, waterfalls ranging from 2' to 5'+) on that rim and frayed sidewall. When we finally did get a spare onto the race car, we all the beadlocks as a hi-lift jack point to make it out of Chocolate Thunder.
This is what I was referencing. I thought I heard you say the rim was mangled too. Guess it was just the tire. Thanks for the response. :thumb:
Thanks for clarifying. I'll ask the individuals for photos or proof. They also run the king if the hammers.... When we were talking about bead locks. I told them I was going off the allied racing and buying a set of atx. That's when they (at separate times) started telling me that they keep bending the rims. I was really confused wondering how you would bend a rim on those. I have seen them in person several times and was impressed with them.
You know, I originally mis-read your OP. So my mistake in thinking it was the headlock ring. But again, yes you sure can bend the rim portion too and especially if you are running lower air pressures. We typically don't run as low of air pressure during the race, as we would if we were just wheeling for weekend fun. The speeds you hit and pace you attack obstacles at during the race are just too high to run really low weekend warrior tire pressures. The race "stickies" most of the teams run (Only in unlimited class though, not allowed in other classes) make up for not being able to run single digit, or even low teens, air pressure numbers. So now that I have understood your original post (my fault, not yours :doh, yes you definitely could bend a rim and the likelihood of that is much higher than a headlock ring.
All I have to add is that G looks like a Nomex super model.
That is all. :bleh:
He even has the "just woke up but my hair still looks awesome" hair. :cheesy:
The proper term would be "helmet hair" in supermodel racing circles. Little known fact: The "Helmet Hair" block of instructions at the Milan School for Euro Racer Boys is approximately 19 minutes long (or 3045 credit hrs) and does require a practical exercise as part of the final examination.
Fourteen minutes of follicle felattio followed by an intense mousse rubdown by Sergio.
Wow....... Apparently you too are Alumni? :cheesy:
Ahem...no. :grayno: Let's just say he's follicly challenged. :yup:
No, I'm just too tall for my hair.
:cheesy: I've never heard that one before. What excuse shall my buddy at work use with his skin Yamaka?