Steve,
The consensus on these has been that most people find they are a soft rim and develop flat spots rather easy. My experience has been quite different; I use and have used them extensively and although in my lighter days (155lbs) I had no issues, I continue to have no issues with them to this day and I'm in the 185lb. range now. I don't know if this has any bearing on my success with them, but I've only ever used them with large flange hubs; that's by coincidence but may be a factor? List?
My favorite period clincher rim continues to be the Mavic Mod E2 but they are extremely difficult to find whereas the Rigida 13/19 or 13/20 are, relatively speaking, more common.
Eric Elman
Somers, CT
>
> From: Steve Leitgen <sleitgen@charter.net>
> Date: 2006/02/17 Fri AM 09:34:36 EST
> To: CR List <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Subject: [CR]Rigida 13-19/20 rims
>
> Group;
> In the for sales and trades stuff I've seen a lot of wheels with mavic,
> Super Champion, Ambosio, Nisi etc rims. I've seen very little
> discussion on the Rigida rim. Archive search hasn't filled in the
> blanks.
>
> Soooo. Are the old Rigida 13-19 rims so good that everyone is hoarding
> them? Or are they prone to failure? Important questions as I'm not as
> light as I was in my racing days.
>
> Steve Leitgen
> La Crosse, WI