[mykel]

...the whole wheel pair weighed about as much as my complete bike.

So your wheels weight more than you do...
Fascinating.

 

[WestCoastHucker]

this is what i love about (the price point of) alu rims. i'd never walk out with a flat. if the rim / tire has the audacity to flat on me, it gets punished for it's transgression, and gets ridden out.

for real. last time i walked out of anywhere with a was over 20 years ago. now i just ride that bitch out and file off anything needed later...

 

[WestCoastHucker]

You aren't going to ride a naked rim for 5 miles around here.

i rode almost all of downey on just a rear rim a a few years ago. it wasn't pretty, but i wasn't walking either...

 

[rideit]

i rode almost all of downey on just a rear rim a a few years ago. it wasn't pretty, but i wasn't walking either...

Ok, but that is * mostly * downhill...

 

[kidwoo]

Ok, but that is * mostly * downhill...

But the part that's not is definitely the end so that's the part he most certainly rode tireless.

 

[rideit]

Good point.

 

[toodles]

https://www.pinkbike.com/news/keep-it-rolling-at-all-costs.html

Hectic.

 

[Jm_]

That they force you to use one wheelset: good

That we run such stupid low pressures that we roll tires off the rims now: bad