Split rims... Why?

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Apart from (questionably) looking good, is there any technical reason to have split rim alloys over single piece wheels?

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Thought you might be!

In all seriousness, I'd have thought that a single-piece rim would be lighter, which is what prompted my question.

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Makes sense. So its all for the "bling" quotient these days, then?

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boshly said:

UNquestionably... Split rims always look the business

You could always take a really naff design and make a multi-piece version of it!

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kneegrow said:

Bought them because 7x10" rims are virtually impossible to find.

Yeah - can't see there being too much general demand for 7x10 these days (although I used to have a set of 6.5x10 single-piece Minilites once upon a time!).

kneegrow said:

They are also easy to assemble the tyres onto. I do a lot of that myself and split rims take away the mayhem.

Interesting... In what way is it easier to get the tyres on?