Originally Posted by
groovestew
Looks like grease/grime on the rim is spreading outward, not the other way around. Centripetal force and all.
That was my first though, but I cleaned the rims/spokes pretty throughly before I mounted them. That said, I could have ridden through something nasty that first day. The streaks were just so dark, that it reminded me of someone crying in mascara.
Originally Posted by
acidfast7
Hand-built wheels and not machine-built will solve the OP's problems (assuming the proper wheel builder.)
Yeah, the wheel building method has nothing to do with it. Thanks though.