Odyssey did a special hard anodize that held up amazingly well, called Duralectra. The main problem was price, and if you got any dirt or grit on your pad it eventually wore through anyway.
Mavic and Rigida/Ryde have made ceramic coated rims that hold up to big mileages.
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Odyssey did a special hard anodize that held up amazingly well, called Duralectra. The main problem was price, and if you got any dirt or grit on your pad it eventually wore through anyway.