[CR]Strong rims...soft rims...???

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From: Tom Sanders <tsan7759142@sbcglobal.net>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2006 11:28:15 -0500
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Subject: [CR]Strong rims...soft rims...???

We often speak of a rim being strong. Some are held to be stronger than others. Has it ever really been spelled out just what we mean by this? Obviously if a rim bow ties easily, it is not strong, but I have never had a rim failure of any kind and I am no light weight rider. When we speak of " soft" in regards to a rim, what are we really saying? How can we separate this aspect of rim performance from their spoking? Has Sheldon or some other agency ever done any objective or scientific testing of on topic rims (Or even those rims many of us often use on on topic bikes, like Mavic Open Pros, MA2s or Module Es ~Module Es are on topic...right?~) for qualities like strength or softness and posted the results so that we might objectively assess them? Tom Sanders Sitting on his stash of Module Es and MA2 &3 rims, but riding mostly Open
Pro,
In Lansing, Mi USA