Originally Posted by
300ps
I did a 30,000 kilometer (about 20% off-pavement) trip on an aluminum bike, heavily loaded w/5 bags and at times large supplies of food and water for unpopulated areas, and I still ride that bike. Rim toughness/quality turned out to be way more important of a consideration, I destroyed 4 during the trip.
I bet those busted rims were NOT Velocity Dyads and had eyelets.