Gsport Birdcage Review

these rims are great coming from a lighter rider (150 lb) only needed to true once in the past 6 months and thats just the front surprisingly never have had to true my rear wheel

Never had a bad ribcage , g sport makes good rims

Been on mine for like 10 months now, no problems. I'm a sloppy but lightweight rider, though. I love how light they are, and the offset valve hole is super convenient.

I would never recomend the birdcage for anything but trails and flowy park. I have seen a few just completely thrashed from tech street.

blaaaaaaaaa wrote:

I would never recomend the birdcage for anything but trails and flowy park. I have seen a few just completely thrashed from ...more

blaaaaaaaaa wrote:

I would never recomend the birdcage for anything but trails and flowy park. I have seen a few just completely thrashed from tech street.

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I've been riding quite a bit of street, some bigger gaps and rough landings and I've had no problems. But I also have Tree hubs and spokes so that might help.

blaaaaaaaaa wrote:

I would never recomend the birdcage for anything but trails and flowy park. I have seen a few just completely thrashed from ...more

blaaaaaaaaa wrote:

I would never recomend the birdcage for anything but trails and flowy park. I have seen a few just completely thrashed from tech street.

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Xxohioanxx wrote:

I've been riding quite a bit of street, some bigger gaps and rough landings and I've had no problems. But I also have Tree ...more

Xxohioanxx wrote:

I've been riding quite a bit of street, some bigger gaps and rough landings and I've had no problems. But I also have Tree hubs and spokes so that might help.

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Probably because you take care of your bike. Most people don't really (around here atleast). But for street it would be better to get a rollcage or ribcage.

blaaaaaaaaa wrote:

Probably because you take care of your bike. Most people don't really (around here atleast). But for street it would be better ...more

blaaaaaaaaa wrote:

Probably because you take care of your bike. Most people don't really (around here atleast). But for street it would be better to get a rollcage or ribcage.

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I agree for the most part, but I just love lightweight rims haha. I'm willing to put in the extra work to maintain them.

blaaaaaaaaa wrote:

Probably because you take care of your bike. Most people don't really (around here atleast). But for street it would be better ...more

blaaaaaaaaa wrote:

Probably because you take care of your bike. Most people don't really (around here atleast). But for street it would be better to get a rollcage or ribcage.

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Here too I haven't done maitenence to my bike in a long time , 6 months to a year and some of homies do the same

i have birdcages front and back. i have to get my rear wheel trued often but i am heavy (210 atm) and i do lots of bump jumps and other stuff that my bike doesn't like. my front wheel has help up perfectly.

the flatspots and cracked seam sound like low tire pressure and landing flat.

Nwewinit wrote:

the flatspots and cracked seam sound like low tire pressure and landing flat.

Nwewinit wrote:

the flatspots and cracked seam sound like low tire pressure and landing flat.

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I run 90psi but yes i am terrible about going to flat on hips and such. Landing sideways 180ing up things probably also contributed to it. All in all, im a pretty rough rider. Probably wasn't wise for me to run a 14oz rim.

Nwewinit wrote:

the flatspots and cracked seam sound like low tire pressure and landing flat.

Nwewinit wrote:

the flatspots and cracked seam sound like low tire pressure and landing flat.

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HardBMX_Tim wrote:

I run 90psi but yes i am terrible about going to flat on hips and such. Landing sideways 180ing up things probably also ...more

HardBMX_Tim wrote:

I run 90psi but yes i am terrible about going to flat on hips and such. Landing sideways 180ing up things probably also contributed to it. All in all, im a pretty rough rider. Probably wasn't wise for me to run a 14oz rim.

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It helps a little bit if you nose down too, landing front tire first, it kinda looks/feels a little wierd. It makes you use your knees and kind of sucks you into the seat instead of landing fully extended on your rear tire or landing perfectly flat. Atleast it does on a racebike with 17 3/4" chainstay, I'm kinda new to this whole 14" chainstay thing.

Nwewinit wrote:

the flatspots and cracked seam sound like low tire pressure and landing flat.

Nwewinit wrote:

the flatspots and cracked seam sound like low tire pressure and landing flat.

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HardBMX_Tim wrote:

I run 90psi but yes i am terrible about going to flat on hips and such. Landing sideways 180ing up things probably also ...more

HardBMX_Tim wrote:

I run 90psi but yes i am terrible about going to flat on hips and such. Landing sideways 180ing up things probably also contributed to it. All in all, im a pretty rough rider. Probably wasn't wise for me to run a 14oz rim.

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Nwewinit wrote:

It helps a little bit if you nose down too, landing front tire first, it kinda looks/feels a little wierd. It makes you use ...more

Nwewinit wrote:

It helps a little bit if you nose down too, landing front tire first, it kinda looks/feels a little wierd. It makes you use your knees and kind of sucks you into the seat instead of landing fully extended on your rear tire or landing perfectly flat. Atleast it does on a racebike with 17 3/4" chainstay, I'm kinda new to this whole 14" chainstay thing.

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I always try to land front tire first in landings (and usually succeed) but going to flat is a whole nother story. And the past few weeks ive had to resort to landing back heavy on basically everything due to torn ligaments in my.wrist and a broken carpal.

The aerospace seems 10x better and its like $20 cheaper lmfao,

I wish oddessy still made hazards, not hazzard lites. I loved thise rims. I'm probably going to build a wheelset with hazard lites I was looking at rollcages but I think I'll go with hazzard lites.

Nwewinit wrote:

I wish oddessy still made hazards, not hazzard lites. I loved thise rims. I'm probably going to build a wheelset with hazard ...more

Nwewinit wrote:

I wish oddessy still made hazards, not hazzard lites. I loved thise rims. I'm probably going to build a wheelset with hazard lites I was looking at rollcages but I think I'll go with hazzard lites.

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lites are dope as fuck, ive ran a few in my 3 years, and all 4 are still being ridden by riders, super rough riders too, I just noticed the first flatspot in mine thats been thru 3 riders and outlasted like 5 front hubs,

My next set will be either Gsports or Sun rims. I haven't decided. But it will also be a while out.

bkd705 wrote:

The aerospace seems 10x better and its like $20 cheaper lmfao,

bkd705 wrote:

The aerospace seems 10x better and its like $20 cheaper lmfao,

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nah. Aerospaces were designed to hit a price point below the gsport rims. George wrote a post about that a few weeks ago.

It must happen to only a few people, but nobody's ever mentioned how the valve hole on the rim is so offset. This led to me getting about 4-5 consecutive flats before I realized the valve hole of the rim kept on cutting my tube valve stem. I then put tape over the valve and filed down the hole a bit and never had a problem since. I warned my friend who didn't listen to me and coincidentally, the next day, his front and rear Birdcage rims almost simultaneously go flat from his valves being cut by the valve hole of the rim.

isnowyaznV2 wrote:

It must happen to only a few people, but nobody's ever mentioned how the valve hole on the rim is so offset. This led to me ...more

isnowyaznV2 wrote:

It must happen to only a few people, but nobody's ever mentioned how the valve hole on the rim is so offset. This led to me getting about 4-5 consecutive flats before I realized the valve hole of the rim kept on cutting my tube valve stem. I then put tape over the valve and filed down the hole a bit and never had a problem since. I warned my friend who didn't listen to me and coincidentally, the next day, his front and rear Birdcage rims almost simultaneously go flat from his valves being cut by the valve hole of the rim.

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Baby powder in your tires. It lets your tube slide around inside the tire and lessens the stress at the beads and stem.

isnowyaznV2 wrote:

It must happen to only a few people, but nobody's ever mentioned how the valve hole on the rim is so offset. This led to me ...more

isnowyaznV2 wrote:

It must happen to only a few people, but nobody's ever mentioned how the valve hole on the rim is so offset. This led to me getting about 4-5 consecutive flats before I realized the valve hole of the rim kept on cutting my tube valve stem. I then put tape over the valve and filed down the hole a bit and never had a problem since. I warned my friend who didn't listen to me and coincidentally, the next day, his front and rear Birdcage rims almost simultaneously go flat from his valves being cut by the valve hole of the rim.

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I haven't had a single problem like that in 10 months.