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http://www.hipsternascar.com/2008/07/true-v-42mm-deep-rims.html
[INDENT]*Saw these Ultra Deep Tzoo rims over on Southsea Fixed Gear Fight Club. They're available outside of Japan for the first time at Brick Lane Bikes. I used to live just down the road from Brick Lane Bikes. True story.
*[/INDENT]Can someone explain to me what the attraction is to these things?
I mean, they're heavy, they're eminently thievable and they cost a ton. And they have no braking surface.
Plus they usually adorn old steel bikes that should have fucking dynamos and fenders.
Granted, allegedly Deep Vs are 'bombproof' - but I've ragged my normal-profile Mavics to hell and back and they're still true. I've had to get a spoke key out now and again, but that's hardly an effort?
So - what is it about these things? Hip-hop slavery to Mammon? Or is there something that I'm too stupid to see here?
(edit to add - I'm not talking track use here. But if anyone can explain the track utility of these things I'd be interested to hear it)