Originally Posted by Sheldon Brown
This posting is a bit hard to understand since the poster doesn't seem to understand the difference between a "rim" and a "wheel" but I would agree that a properly built wheel should give long service without needing any adjustment.
If you regularly damage wheels, it suggests that you are using equipment that isn't strong enough for your riding style.
Fixed gear wheels, in particular, ought to be extra trouble-free due to the symmetrical lacing of the dishless rear hubs.
If you're having actual trouble with your
rims it suggests that you're running tires that are either too skinny or not inflated sufficiently for your type of cycling and surface conditions.
Sheldon "Good Wheels Last" Brown
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yeah... right! A rim is just the rim. ok? a wheel is the rim, spokes, and a hub, assembled. are you gonna ask if a wheel has the tire on it or not to be called, technically a wheel? Like I said if you ride like an old person, you aint gonna hurt your rim. If you bomb the nasty trails, all it takes is one branch stuck in your spokes to rip your rim apart, and there aint no way i'm staying away from the Mississippi river bluffs. I use fat tires and they never let me down. But I ride harder than the average biker because I want more out of biking. So when you push the limits your gonna pay in either trashing your body or your bike. You have to know how to maintain both.