Originally Posted by
terrymorse
Josh Poertner, CEO of Silca and former chairman of the Bicycle Wheel Technical Committee, on hookless rims on road bikes:
"
I think it’s a scam. I think it’s way less safe than it needs to be, and it has absolutely zero performance advantage in any area of performance – and actually it likely has some performance detriment somewhere or another."
Stating the obvious.
https://www.bikeradar.com/news/josh-...ims-are-a-scam
I heard that on the Marginal Gains podcast and agree. It does save the manufacturer some money that hypothetically could save consumers money, but I do agree with Josh on this one.