.David.Auker.

john schmidt wrote:



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But Rim wear in the winter is great way to end up with those super light

rims you've alway been dreaming of. Seriously, a worn rim can be

considerably lighter, easily by 100 grams or more. Obviously there is

point where the rim will break, but this has yet to happen to me. I've

either moved onto another wheel set or hit a huge pothole, or the rims I

have have that extra beef already. etc..   



And of course another reason to rided fixed gear in the winter !



John

Yeah! Fixed-gear in winter! Rims last forever. Another aspect of not

using the brakes much (legs do the slowing with back-pressure) is: the

rain water that drips off the bike when you get home isn't that yucky

grey ("rim mud") from grinding the rims with brake pads (that really IS

a primitive way to slow down! :-)



David