Or maybe Jobst took all those Alpine descents at full speed and didn't need to brake.
Maybe I don't ride any particular set of wheels enough, or I'm spoiled by riding relatively clean, dry NorCal pavement all year round, but I've never had a rim that showed significant sidewall wear. Bill On Dec 5, 12:35 am, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery <thill....@gmail.com> wrote: > We had a string of rim failures this summer, maybe 5-6 in just a few weeks > (it seemed). All were cases of simple wear, except in Eric's case, where > there was an obvious groove likely caused by a foreign object in an otherwise > lightly worn rim. One guy had worn out and cracked both rims in a very short > time, but he is well known at the shop for his rapid pace of brake pad wear > (I suspect he brakes subconsciously at every intersection or any long-shot > potential for danger). > > Rims are definitely a wear item. I've read claims by old-timers like Jobst > Brandt that suggest rims should last tens of thousands of miles. IME, that is > generally not the case. Perhaps modern rim alloys are softer, or maybe brake > pads are different, or perhaps there are more bike commuters out in foul > weather nowadays? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
