Are all bicycle rims hooked rims?
Friday, May 21st, 2010 at
10:00 pm
i need to replace the rims on my bike and the my tire says "place only on hooked rims". What does that mean? are most rims hooked rims? or do i have to buy a special kind of rim
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this type of rim as you call hooked rim are for clincher type tires that have a wire bead around the tire. that is all that means. The other type of rim is for tubeless tires and most that are sold are specifically for what you need. Look at this:http://www.performancebike.com/shop/profile.cfm?SKU=26493&subcategory_ID=5310
This is a wheel set that takes the tire you need and this link is for a wheel that you cant use:http://www.performancebike.com/shop/profile.cfm?SKU=23552&subcategory_ID=5310
the first one is for standard tires (what you have) the 2nd is for UST tires. and yes I know UST rims does not apply to your question i just used this as and example of whats out there and not to get under the skin of certain “other” answerers…yes there is tension here.
Most rims are hooked rims where you have an inner tube and a tire that catches a “hook” (a small lip on the inside of the rim). These are often called clincher rims.
Rims you are not looking for: Mountain bikes have UST rims and tires that are tubeless while road bikes have tubular rims that use a glue to affix a tire to the rim.
This has nothing to do with tubeless vs tubed and, contrary to what the other posters are suggesting, regular tubes and tires CAN be run in UST rims. I guess that’s why you never trust a Performance sales associate…
In any case, as for your question… You’re fine on any new rims you can buy at a bike shop. “hooked” rims refers to older rims, some of which were straight-sided (vs. hook-sided) and would therefore not hold a tire as securely as a hook-edge rim. You would actually have a pretty tough time tracking down a straight-sided rim today, they’re pretty much a dead standard.
You will be ok, most modern bikes have the hooked rims.
A rim with a ridge on the inner edge to help retain the bead of a clincher tire. Some older rims were straight-sided, and will not hold a tire as securely as a hook-edge rim (that is, the tire cannot be inflated to as high a pressure.) Virtually all good quality rims in current production are of the hook-edge type