Re: [CR] was, Dimpled, now Why are concaves execrable?

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Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 19:05:12 -0500
To: Joseph Bender-Zanoni <joebz@optonline.net>, Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
From: "Sheldon Brown" <CaptBike@sheldonbrown.com>
Subject: Re: [CR] was, Dimpled, now Why are concaves execrable?
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

Joseph Bender-Zanoni wrote:
>I'll chime in with some guesses why Sheldon declares these
>"exacrable". The first is that they are heavy. If you want a heavy
>strong rim, use a Mod. 58. The second is that for all the weight,
>the alloy is a bit soft and they are not all that strong. No
>eyelets. Difficult to seat tires and potential to blow off tires
>because of concave inner surface causing rim strip to interfere with
>tire bead . A very inelegant rim in my opinion.

Right. In addition, they're anti-aerodynamic, accumulate dirt, and my favorite spoke wrench won't work with them.

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