Originally Posted by salmonchild
useful comments, thankyou. boston trev- are the open pros durable? by that i mean are they a little compromised on strength for the sake of a few ounces? also this deep v thing, is that just to do wih the profile of the rim or does it affect braking surface as well?
and keevohn- super shop guy! wish i had local bike loving people like that in the shops i frequent......
open pros have double eyelets and ma3s are single. Double eyelets make rims stronger. deep section rims are tougher, and stiffer, have same braking surface as normal rims.
If you really care about durability, lace them to cxp33, or even better cxp30 if you can find them.
I'm looking for cxp14(basically cxp30 w/o machined brake surface), but have had no luck.