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