Joined: Apr 2010
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From: Boston-ish, MA
Bikes: 72 Peugeot UO-8, 82 Peugeot TH8, 87 Bianchi Brava, 76? Masi Grand Criterium, 74 Motobecane Champion Team, 86 & 77 Gazelle champion mondial, 81? Grandis, 82? Tommasini, 83 Peugeot PF10
Can't answer your question about eyelets; am interested in seeing others' opinions. I can say that Jobst Brandt thought they were a good idea, IIRC.
However I must say I'm not a big fan of the Weinmann Concave. It was long ago when I had a rear Fiamme-rim'ed wheel fail. I don't recall how. So I had an LBS build a wheel with a Concave rim. It didn't last the summer. With little encouragement it turned itself into a pretzel. Okay, maybe it wasn't strung as tight enough. It seemed true, IIRC. I blamed the rim at the time. Okay, maybe I rushed to judgment. But it was heavy enough that I could feel the extra weight, so I was happy it was gone.
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