Two rims, one tire? Experience/Examples here?

[BartRidesEternal]

Hi Ratters,

For a feasibility check in regards to a rad project I'm working on (on paper) I have a question. I could not find it on the interwebs or this forum:

A:
Did anyone ever put two rims, side-by-side together and put one tire on it?

B:
If yes; were there two inner tubes involved or just one?

C:
Aside from spoke holes and lacing. Is this possible?


Like this, but with two rims and one tire:

Thanks in advance!!

 

[Captain Awesome]

Didn’t @Wildcat have something like this on his radar?

 

[Wildcat]

I had two rims bolted together and used one 3" tire and tube. The vave stem wasn't in the middle, I used one of the rims stem hole. That didn't work well, I was going to drill a hole in the middle but went to two tires.
I laced up the two rims to the one hub using the standard 3 cross pattern, but it couldn't be trued up like that. The shop guys laced it up in a weird way that worked, and the rims didn't need to be bolted together, the spokes held it together.
The two tires on the two rims used two tubes. I had to air each side up a little at a time so one side wouldn't be larger, as the inner sidewalls touched.
While riding, if one side went flat, you could still ride with one tube aired up. But it never was even enough. I think the tires need to be separated so the sidewalls don't touch.

 

[twojs.bike]

Ha! Of course wildcat already tried this. Not surprised at all!

 

[Wildcat]

Ha! Of course wildcat already tried this. Not surprised at all!

After all that work, I think just getting wide rims is the way to go and probably more reliable.

Two rims attached together here are 60mm almost the same as 57mm.

 

[BartRidesEternal]

I had two rims bolted together and used one 3" tire and tube. The vave stem wasn't in the middle, I used one of the rims stem hole. That didn't work well, I was going to drill a hole in the middle but went to two tires.
I laced up the two rims to the one hub using the standard 3 cross pattern, but it couldn't be trued up like that. The shop guys laced it up in a weird way that worked, and the rims didn't need to be bolted together, the spokes held it together.
The two tires on the two rims used two tubes. I had to air each side up a little at a time so one side wouldn't be larger, as the inner sidewalls touched.
While riding, if one side went flat, you could still ride with one tube aired up. But it never was even enough. I think the tires need to be separated so the sidewalls don't touch.


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After all that work, I think just getting wide rims is the way to go and probably more reliable.

Two rims attached together here are 60mm almost the same as 57mm.

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Thanks Wildcat and the rest!

Wow that was quite an experience.

I'm not looking for a wider rim perse, just a very strong solution.

I want to use a bicycle rim non-laced in a constructional manner.
Normally the spokes equally distribute the load over a large section of the rim. If you'll use much less spokes as it were, that everything changes. So I'll have to keep all that in mind.

I might use "Ryde Andra 29" 26 inch rims which are one of the strongest available right now. Think about a plan from there.

Thanks again for that information!

 

[Irontri]

Thanks Wildcat and the rest!

Wow that was quite an experience.

I'm not looking for a wider rim perse, just a very strong solution.

I want to use a bicycle rim non-laced in a constructional manner.
Normally the spokes equally distribute the load over a large section of the rim. If you'll use much less spokes as it were, that everything changes. So I'll have to keep all that in mind.

I might use "Ryde Andra 29" 26 inch rims which are one of the strongest available right now. Think about a plan from there.

Thanks again for that information!

A guy in Poland has 2 rims and 2 tires laced to 1 hub, I guess like in your pic.

 

[Dizzle Problems]

I've seen this one in person. Two tubes were used. Pretty awesome!