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Old 09-16-22, 07:12 AM
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bblair
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Originally Posted by Dave Mayer
Actually $18 each new, plus shipping, if you buy 10. I'm not going to tell, because I may want to scoop these. I probably won't live long enough to need (even more) Open Pros, but its nice to have a secure inventory of beloved reliable bike parts. Aside from being inexpensive castoffs, another benefit of the old-school narrow rims is that using these prevents you from doing foolish things like using tires >25mm. I've tried 28 and 32mm tires on the road and they are heavy and slow, and unnecessary unless you are a Clydesdale on dirt roads. Second benefit is that they prevent you from going to discs, which on the road are heavy, fussy, expensive, and fundamentally unnecessary.
Maybe great back-in-the-day, but it seems like false economy to buy cheap rims that are so fragile that you have buy them by the dozen.
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