[Closed] Stan's Flow Rims

tart ;o)

(sorry, nothing useful to say... the stickers on my black ones look pretty standard though, I'd imagine they'll peel off fine).

the rims them selves are bomb proof, light and wide

Friend of mine has white Stan's rims. Apparently it's just paint, and wears off eventually. YMMV.

Very happy with mine - no idea about the stickers though.

Mine are black and I've left the stickers along. However, the rim itself is fantastic. Light, wide, stiff and strong. Slowly swaping all my bikes over to them.

Does anyone know if the white ones are easy to de-sticker without ruining the paint? The red writing just doesn't go with my planned colour scheme!

Black is the new white!

Cheers all 🙂

GeeWavetree - Member

the rims them selves are bomb proof, light and wide

That's exactly what I was hoping someone would say. I'm planning on using them on the DH bike cos I'm only light and tend not to be too hard on wheels. But they do have to survive a reasonably battering. 🙂

I know of a few guys who ride Expert level DH who have been using the Flow for racing. The consensus seems to be that for smooth riders on a relatively smooth course they are well matched.

I guess it does depend on how much you weight but then with a forum name like 'little girl bunny' I am guess not very much.

I used a rear wheel with a Flow rim for a weekend at Gawton without any problems and I weigh 105kg (17.5 stone)

geetee1972 - Member

I know of a few guys who ride Expert level DH who have been using the Flow for racing. The consensus seems to be that for smooth riders on a relatively smooth course they are well matched.

I guess it does depend on how much you weight but then with a forum name like 'little girl bunny' I am guess not very much.

I used a rear wheel with a Flow rim for a weekend at Gawton without any problems and I weigh 105kg (17.5 stone)

I'm about 8 and a half stone kitted out so not much. But then I'm not an expert either and my line choices can be somewhat, ahem, interesting.

However, I run the lightweight Stan's Olympics on my HT which gets a regular battering - I've landed it to flat, badly, twonked the rims on big rocks and in general ridden like a complete eegit and they are still true 2 years later (slightly dented on the back, but true) - so I figured the flows would see me ok on the DH runs.

took the stickers off 4 black stans rims. they were well suck on, i wished i hadn't started but got them all off eventually.

Jo - Flows are spot on. Stickers come off v.easy - just a quick warm up with a hair dryer + mine peeled off in one piece. Bit of surgical spirit to clean glue marks - easy.

I'm about 8 and a half stone

I think my todger weighs more than that 😀

Sorry, I know that was a crass remark. Hope it's not too offensive. I really ought to loose some weight anyway!

The best line to take is the one that allows to get through a section without falling off. For many people that's not always the absolute fastest line and the fast boys will make line choices the rest of us can only dream about.

Are you just getting into the DH scene or are you already established? I have a (female) friend who rides a lot of DH and knows quite a few of the girls on the race scene although she doesn't race herself as her husband won't let her (don't go there, its a long and terribly complicated story). Anyway she is up at Gethin on May 8th doing the pracrtice day. Look out for a tall woman in red Dianese kit riding a bright red Intense Socom with older style Boxxer World Cups. She'll be with her husband in similar kit and on a similar bike. Her name is Sarah and she's lovely.

zangolin - Member

Jo - Flows are spot on. Stickers come off v.easy - just a quick warm up with a hair dryer + mine peeled off in one piece. Bit of surgical spirit to clean glue marks - easy.

whoop! 😀

geetee1972 - Member

I'm about 8 and a half stone

I think my todger weighs more than that

Sorry, I know that was a crass remark. Hope it's not too offensive. I really ought to loose some weight anyway!

The best line to take is the one that allows to get through a section without falling off. For many people that's not always the absolute fastest line and the fast boys will make line choices the rest of us can only dream about.

Are you just getting into the DH scene or are you already established? I have a (female) friend who rides a lot of DH and knows quite a few of the girls on the race scene although she doesn't race herself as her husband won't let her (don't go there, its a long and terribly complicated story). Anyway she is up at Gethin on May 8th doing the pracrtice day. Look out for a tall woman in red Dianese kit riding a bright red Intense Socom with older style Boxxer World Cups. She'll be with her husband in similar kit and on a similar bike. Her name is Sarah and she's lovely.

8 and half stone you say? Blimy. 😯

Been riding DH for about a year. I'm alreet on the faster stuff like Cwmcarn. It's the twisty rooty yucky muddy stuff I can't pick lines on because I target fixate too much (and seems to make up the majority of the DH trails in the UK). I keep riding them in the hope I might actually get good/enjoy them one day, but most of the time, I really don't like those kind of trails much at all.

There does seem to be a close knit group of ladies on the race scene, but racing isn't my bag so I don't know them myself. All the ladies are friendly when I meet them on the trails though 😀

The stickers came off my white ones very easily (thank god). No complaints, but only had them for a few monts so too early to say (I9 Enduro wheelset with Flow rims).

Stop tarting about girl! I ride Flows and weigh twice what you do so, despite not riding DH, they get a hammering that they shrug off.

Very happy with mine. Same comments as above although no ideas about the stickiness of the stickers.

still waiting on mine 🙁 Royal Maill grrr

Been riding DH for about a year. I'm alreet on the faster stuff like Cwmcarn. It's the twisty rooty yucky muddy stuff I can't pick lines on because I target fixate too much (and seems to make up the majority of the DH trails in the UK). I keep riding them in the hope I might actually get good/enjoy them one day, but most of the time, I really don't like those kind of trails much at all.

Yep - I can definitely empathise with that. Ironically, it's because I'm heavy that I have always thought riding wet muddy roots is going to be harder for me. I've always figured that lighter rider have less weight on their tyres and therefore are less likely to break traction on a wet root.

Maybe visualising that could help you? So when you're riding over roots, think about being as light as possible. In thinking it you can ride like it then you will have an easier time.

The other tricks to riding wet roots is to stay off the braks absolutelty as much as possible, certainly stay off the front brake. Then try and aim for your tyre to contact the root as much at right angles as possible. You see pro-DHers at places like Schladming carefully looking for the line that allows them to do that. The lesson here I guess is taking time to stop and look and think about the best line, rather than just riding through it and trying to find the best line while you're on the bike. I've always found that hard to do because I've always been having too much fun! Plus it's harder to get going again once you've stopped.

Overall I've always found that the standard of DH riding in this country is just so high and the courses tend to reflect that. It makes it really hard to get good as you're riding such demanding courses from such an early point. I spent about five years trying to get good and in the end I had a baby and figured that the opportunity to do so was now pretty much over. You have to be riding regularly and you have to really commit to your riding, with all the risks associated with that, even if you're not racing. It's great when you're in your teens and twenties and have fewer commitments but there comes a point when you end up sacking it off and just having local type fun!

geetee1972 - Member
Yep - I can definitely empathise with that. Ironically, it's because I'm heavy that I have always thought riding wet muddy roots is going to be harder for me. I've always figured that lighter rider have less weight on their tyres and therefore are less likely to break traction on a wet root.

Maybe visualising that could help you? So when you're riding over roots, think about being as light as possible. In thinking it you can ride like it then you will have an easier time.

The other tricks to riding wet roots is to stay off the braks absolutelty as much as possible, certainly stay off the front brake. Then try and aim for your tyre to contact the root as much at right angles as possible. You see pro-DHers at places like Schladming carefully looking for the line that allows them to do that. The lesson here I guess is taking time to stop and look and think about the best line, rather than just riding through it and trying to find the best line while you're on the bike. I've always found that hard to do because I've always been having too much fun! Plus it's harder to get going again once you've stopped.

Overall I've always found that the standard of DH riding in this country is just so high and the courses tend to reflect that. It makes it really hard to get good as you're riding such demanding courses from such an early point. I spent about five years trying to get good and in the end I had a baby and figured that the opportunity to do so was now pretty much over. You have to be riding regularly and you have to really commit to your riding, with all the risks associated with that, even if you're not racing. It's great when you're in your teens and twenties and have fewer commitments but there comes a point when you end up sacking it off and just having local type fun!

Ah, thanks for that reply 🙂

Yeah, I wish I'd started DH in my teens and not my thirties, that's for sure!

I tend to, on the whole, right them at right angles, try and pop over the roots and clear them, or avoid them altogether, but it only takes missing one of them and you're off! Of course, on the proper courses neither are usually an option as they just seem to be a big root fest. I also had a nasty off on a steep slippy slope so that's always in my head. My biggest problem is not actually the roots, or even the mud, it's the trees. I ride open/felled trails much better and can focus on the trail ahead easier. I find tree lined trails really claustrophobic. My brain just seems to want to process all the information including the trees and overloads itself!