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08-27-10 | 03:40 PM

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Pinyon

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Originally Posted by CliftonGK1

Aside from wanting to spend more money, what's your necessity behind a ceramic rim on your commuter? The Open Pro is an OK rim and you can throw a 32mm tire on there, but watch your spoke tension. A few guys in my rando club have pulled the eyelet and surrounding rim material clean out of the hoop on their Open Pros. They don't take kindly to overtensioning.

This happened to me just a few days ago. I was on a group ride, and one of my spokes popped about 25-30 miles from home. By the time I got back to town, one of the other spokes were pulling out of the bottom of the rim. For commuters that have to ride over lots of rough terrain, or haul heavy stuff; and with heavier guys like me, beefier rims are usually called for.

Over the last couple of years, I've been seeing lots of Velocity Deep V, Velocity Arrow, and a couple of kinds of light-to-heavier touring rims made by DT Swiss. These rims seem especially popular with people that use bike trailers to carry heavy items (instead of using an automobile), and with a lot of the 200 lbs and up riders. The Velocity Deep V's are also popular with the local hipster single-speed crowd, but not just because they come in colors (I like black or aluminum). Those rims can really take a pounding.

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