The Birdcage is G-sport’s “Aero” rim butwith a hollow bead, hence the Birdcage name. Available in Black or Chrome in 36H only. 20″.

From G-Sport:

Someone told me a few years ago that there was nothing new left to do with BMX rims, yet since then we have gone on to do quite a lot of new stuff, and heres an example of the latest. At first glance the Birdcage looks like a fairly conventional aero style rim, but there is more to it than that. The first clue comes from the name; birds have hollow bones to save weight whilst retaining as much strength as possible, and the Birdcage rim has a hollow bead for the same reason. The rims hollow bead is still big and chunky to help reduce the chances of pinch puncturing or flat spotting the rim, but by creating a tiny hollow cavity inside it we can also keep the weight right down.

The next innovation was to adapt our cross-lacing design to the narrow inner wall of the rim. We managed to squeeze a few extra millimetres of spoke offset out of the design to help increase lateral wheel strength, and by carefully tailoring the rims cross-section we managed to match all the angles to the nipple so that the walls of the rim section act like the ribs inside the Ribcage rim, which helps to support the spoke nipples as much as possible.

Traditionally, the greatest flaw in aero rims has been the valve hole. Aero rims position a lot of very efficiently utilised mass in the base of the rim to support the spokes and give the rim good strength, then a huge hole is drilled through it for the valve stem and a massive weak-spot is created. With the Birdcage weve offset the valve hole so that this section can retain its strength. A handy side-effect of this is that fitting a pump is now more convenient.

Aside from these original features, we spent a lot of time sweating the small stuff. Weve ensured that the deep centre allows for easy tyre removal and fitting, and weve made sure that the sidewalls, while slimmed down, are still suitable for brake use.

The end result is one of our most high tech rims to date. With a weight of just 408g (14.4oz) it outperforms most rims weighing 20-30% more, and the weight saving from the rotational mass of the wheel feels fantastic.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Sizes: 20″ Only

Drillings: 36 hole

Weight: 408g / 14.4oz

Width: 34mm

ERD: 383mm

We can build this hub into a wheel for you at a great deal when you buy all the parts from us:

1. Add Hub to basket.

2. Add rim to basket.