Originally Posted by
mudboy
Yeah, not having eyelets is a bad thing, IMO. They tend to lead to cracked rims and sheared nipples (ouch).
Matrix originally supplied washers to prevent this from happening. The official washers were rectangular, to fit in the rim channel, but people didn't like to use them and they eventually decided they were unnecessary. For low spoke count (say, < 28h) you may still want to use them.
