Originally Posted by
Racer Ex
This^. You screw up and knock the wheel sideways tubulars come off.
In thinking a bit more about this. It's a pretty big issue. I know it doesn't happen often, but it does happen consistently. It certainly wouldn't be allowed to exist in aircraft. Why hasn't anyone ever tried to remedy this situation? There needs to be some form of positive retention. It would only take 8-12 3mm socket head cap screws that go through the rim and then catch a small aluminum threaded receptacle in the base tape. Sure, you'd have a series of small (6mm) holes in the rim to put the cap screw through, but if you wanted, you could cover that with small bits of tape. I believe the total weight would be perhaps 75 grams or less.
You can say, "Well we've always done it this way and it works fine". I believe Lance (and, in reference to today's stage, Beloki) would disagree.