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Originally Posted by spenner
Have to disagree I am afraid, what they do in the rest of the world has a major impact on the uk. If losi, j concepts, de racing, pro line, associated to name a few adopt this style (hence the quote I made above regarding people waiting for an outcome) that would mean the rest would need to follow suit.
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First of all if the manufacturers want to move to this new diameter first they will have to get ROAR and IFMAR to change their rules. Both specify a 2.2" maximum bead diameter, these AKA wheels aren't legal for sanctioned racing already. It doesn't stop club racers from using them, just like a BRCA rule wouldn't stop club racers here using them either.
So everyone is making a fuss based on overhearing something about wheels that aren't sold over here, nor do they fit any of the control tyres we use and won't be usable in the UK unless AKA start making astro compatible minipins and clubs start choosing them as control tyres for BRCA meetings - that just isn't going to happen.
If AKA had made the wheels with a tyre bead at 2.2" there might have been a market for the wheels, and you would have been able to to use your favourite tyres on them. By the time of the AGM to add wheels dimensions to the rules these wheels will have been forgotten about.