I.D. this rim.
12-11-20 | 04:16 PM
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I.D. this rim.
Hi folks,
Had plenty of questions for you lately. Any idea of this rim based on the picture? It is laced to a RSX hub, that I may have a use for. Just new to this, and don't recognize the maker at all. Was it decent enough to still have life left, or any known problems.
Thanks in advance.
Had plenty of questions for you lately. Any idea of this rim based on the picture? It is laced to a RSX hub, that I may have a use for. Just new to this, and don't recognize the maker at all. Was it decent enough to still have life left, or any known problems.
Thanks in advance.
12-11-20 | 04:30 PM
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Rigida was a major producer of rims back then, and that logo looks, I dunno, 80's? I don't know a ton about the specific products they offered, but in general, a high end rim would have eyelets around the spoke holes, which this one doesn't.
The brake track looks hardly used. If it's in good shape, you can repurpose the rim, or use the wheel as is.
The brake track looks hardly used. If it's in good shape, you can repurpose the rim, or use the wheel as is.
12-11-20 | 04:45 PM
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Rigida was one of my favorite brands of rim. I built lots of wheels and had strong preferences.
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12-11-20 | 08:18 PM
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RSX is from early to mid '90s, was about Sora level in Shimano's lineup. So probably included in "sport" level bikes.
Rims began coming out without ferrules in the late '80s. They had reinforced spoke bed instead. Some rim lines included a OEM version of aftermarket rims that excluded the ferrules.
If the rim trues up well with acceptably even tension, no reason not to use them in less than extreme applications.
Rims began coming out without ferrules in the late '80s. They had reinforced spoke bed instead. Some rim lines included a OEM version of aftermarket rims that excluded the ferrules.
If the rim trues up well with acceptably even tension, no reason not to use them in less than extreme applications.
