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chez_jay
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I was reading a thing about wheelbuilding and the old codger was saying that aluminium rims amd <36h were fads. Obviously he was wrong. However...
The main problem with steel rims was horrendous braking in the wet, right? Now that 90% of non-racing bikes have disc brakes are there any niche uses for steel rims? Maybe a touring wheel that'll last for a million km?