I had to laugh at this. I'm not a heavyweight but I do weigh between 170 and 175 and often carry rear loads, but I've been using 19 mm (outside) 370 gram 559 rims both on and off road for decades (still have a stash: Sun M14A) in 32 rear and 32 or 28 front; wheels never went out of true, and only times I broke spokes was twice using Revolutions with aluminum nipples to carry 35 lb rear loads on 22 mm tires; brass nipples and 14/15 gauge fixed that. (I never got pinch flats either). I've used the same wheels off road with some violence, with no problems. My 29er wheels are 32 spoke; no out-of-true; and I never had out-of-true problems with lightish 622 road rims on- or off-road. (Pressure is another puzzle. I put 90/80 in 23s, 50-45 in 28s, 35-30 in 40s, and 18 to 21 in 60s.)
OTOH, one of the nicest feeling wheelsets I ever rode was a many-owner pair built around old 40 hole Campy Record hubs on a 1960s Paramount track bike belonging to my brother (he was partly serious). Like butter and perpetual motion. On Tue, Nov 10, 2020 at 8:21 AM Nathan F <[email protected]> wrote: > ... Wheels are a real sticking point for me because the general advice on > here can be quite dated. When Riv-built Rivs come into the shop I work, > they are frequently the most overbuilt bikes I've ever seen. We're talking > a 100lb woman riding 36H touring wheels for riding in the city when they > could easily, and safely, be on 24H cyclocross race wheels. Onetime someone > had a bike that, again, they were just riding in the city (no loaded > touring) with a 42H rear wheel. It's utter madness. Once you add in the > propensity for Riv owners to ride terrible tires--I've been so happy to see > Riv overhaul their tire program--these bikes end up not being as fun to > ride as they should be. > > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgvaQNOu-u4A%2B9ZKvm_TLjpERsDyLRZLjr_HgfDqPSVqLg%40mail.gmail.com.
