We’ve followed the rise and rise of Avid RC – David Joor’s company which started out with bearings and has since moved forward in all directions not least in the last months with several 1/10th Offroad releases, over the weekend at the ROAR Nats in Texas we had the pleasure of meeting David and he showed us some exclusive pre-release products, one of them being the new ‘Truss’ 1/8 buggy rim.

Speaking with David, it was clear from the start that the mindset at Avid isn’t typically capitalist, rather than release a load of products that claim to do X, Y & Z and reap the rewards, the thinking is very development focused –  ”…our business philosophy is focused on innovation only. If we can’t come up with a way to improve something we just don’t make it.  We don’t want to make money on other peoples hard work”

See www.AvidRC.com

 Avid’s Truss 1/8th Buggy rim:

• Outer channels, nicknamed the “foam grippers”, remove a little rotating mass at the furthest point but more importantly they help the foam from shifting side to side.  The benefit on track is that the car has more stability, especially when you are off power trying to swerve left and right to avoid a wreck or through a set of switchbacks after a high speed section.
• Rounded outer glue bead that extends slightly past the tire when mounted to help guide the glue easily into place and to also help protect the bead from having direct contract with ruts which can quickly start tearing the tire off of the rim.
• The internal ribbing uses the strength of triangles instead of having straight ribs. The focus of the Truss starts at the center of the wheel so the tighter triangles help keep the torque strength right where you want it when applying all your throttle, at the nut.
• The glue bead support ribs, or what we like to call the headboards, are quite small so it doesn’t interfere with the foam and tire doing their work while landing off of large jumps or rough conditions.  It feels like you are landing on pillows and allows the foam not to be torn apart from getting sliced from a taller rib.
• They have the common features such as the rough glue bead area for better gluing, wheel nut area cut outs to help serrated wheel nuts grab more edges, and the logo inset on the face of the wheel to represent.