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Old 09-27-11, 10:17 PM
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Originally Posted by FastJake
Basically, the OC rim gives you less dish creating a much stronger wheel. Millions of people don't use OC rear rims, and most of them are just fine. So it's not totally necessary. I've never used one, but would like to with my next wheel build. It's really your call.

How much worse would an OC rim look than a normal one?
Do you know what dish is?

=8-)

...perhaps you meant to say that it makes the dish slightly more symmetrical and allows slightly higher tension on the non-drive spokes?

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