Originally Posted by
icemilkcoffee
Kinlin, Ritchey, Velocity, Shimano, DT Swiss all make or made road OC rims.
If OC is so great, why did they stop making them?
(There have been all sorts of odd wheel configurations that were tried and abandoned.)
I'm not saying there isn't an advantage to OC rims. It just doesn't seem there that big of an advantage (otherwise, they'd be much more common). It could be they aren't common because the general public doesn't understand the advantages (so, it isn't worth the extra manufacturing costs). Still, it would seem that they'd be the norm for higher-end mountain bikes (the purchasers of those might be more technically savy).