First off, these weinmann rims are double walled alloy. Given a choice, I'd take double walled ANYTHING over single walled steel. Secondly, you seem stuck on the idea of bikes falling over vs them being vandalized. Any component of a bike can sustain permanent, unrepairable damage when its vandalized, ya jackhole. Think you're special cause you paid $200 for a wheel? Whoopty-doo. Nobody cares about you, your wheel, or your bike, ya freakin mouth breather. And as far as I'm concerned, my bike is not overweight. When you build a fully custom bike with a 98cc engine, its going to be heavy. My bike does the speeds its geared for with no problems, even with my 300 lb self on it. Can you say the same about your wallyworld china girl bike? Even if you can, I dont care. My bike was vandalized, and the wheel got damaged. If I walked up to your bike and kicked the rim pretty hard a couple times, it would bend. My rim was fine before the bike got vandalized. In fact I think someone did kick it, because the rim was bent in the direction the bike fell, not the opposite direction, as it most likely would have been if the damage had been caused by the fall itself. The bike was too far away from the curb to have been hit by a car. I dont know why anyone would vandalize my bike, but they did. If someone wants to vandalize your bike, they will damage it. Just because your wheel was built by some world champion d-bag and cost $200, dont make it vandal-proof. Doesnt make it idiot proof either, since you're able to ride it. I built this bike from the bare frame up, piece by piece with hand-picked parts. There was nothing wrong with my rim before it was damaged. I'm not some noob who tried a custom bike for his first project. This is my 3rd bike. My last bike had the same brand of wheel as the one I'm now replacing, and it stood up to a rag joint for 3 years with my 300 lb butt riding on it. If I could find another, I'd buy it again. Despite the fact it was single walled steel, it was very strong. But that particular wheel seems difficult to find sometimes. The weinmann is a good double walled rim at a very good price, and I'm sure it will work out good. I posted this thread to hear from other people who have used this rim with a manic adapter, not to hear from some mouth breather who thinks he is special cause he paid $200 for a rim. Now welcome to my ignore list.
