Originally Posted by
CuttersRidge
This is the vintage and classic, retro thread, it is not the tourist thread.
I would urge anyone to see how steel wheels have improved. Some of us have a stable of bikes. A few times, I've had to move a car battery and even a dog kennel around my bike. It is good to have some strength.
They haven't, they are utter crap and seem to only be sold in countries with poor consumer goods regulations, like african dictatorships or America. They really are not strong compared to a double walled aluminium rim.