Originally Posted by
dscheidt
Of course, a rim that won't take 1000 N in spoke tension is likely to be junk.
Are you calling my Fiamme Yellow label, Mavic AR7, Weinmann Weltmeister, Super Champ Arc en Ciel, and other lightweight rims Junk?
Get over it.
The 100kg+ figure is fine for rims that can take it, but when building 32h or more is overkill and limits you to rims to be heavier than necessary. Unfortunately it's taken on a kind of gospel and it's hard to find decent light rims anymore.
IMO anybody can build a decent wheel with heavy rims and 14g spokes. The challenge is to build equally good, but lighter wheels with light rims and 2.0/1.7, 1.8/1.6 or even 1.8/1.5 spokes.