[racingdwarf]

I agree that of our UK standard tyres the rim style we have at this time works well, And the new design has no real advantage, but for the softer dirt style tyres I think it is better for all the reasons AKA states for ease of glueing.

I'm no design engineer but I understand your point about glues, the only thing I can say is this style of rim has been used in 1/8th rallx for quite some time by most manufacturers and those tyres take some load and balloon on the straight to such an extent you really can't believe the glue can hold them but it does.

I'm not saying these wheels are any better and that we should have them, or that the wheels we use are a problem.But I can see the advantage to other racers in the rest of the world, thus the reason why we may end up seeing them as the standard wheel design. IF and only if that happens the question at the start of the thred was kind of Hmm if this wheel is the norm were does this leave us with the tyres we mostly use in the uk that if stretched to fit will go out of shape.