Benchdweller
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I vote spokes. I was happy with the mag rims until recently. Then my rear wheel had its bead lock completely explode. After some thought I've come to the conclusion it was due to wear from the rim brakes. Bikeberry and other vendors have claimed they where rim brake compatible when I bought them. However after doing.so.e research today I've noticed that at least one vendor , while.claiming rim brake compatibility still, gives a a caveat that they are not front rim brake compatible and recommends the front use a disk brake and only.the rear wheel be set up with a rim brake. I promise you that was not stated 7 months ago when I put then on since I was very thorough on making sure they would fit my needs when I bought them.
The recent change in recommendations only confirms my suspicion these are not at all meant for rim brakes. They now claim that only the rear is okay for rim brakes but that doesn't make any sense since the walls on both the front and rear rims are exactly the same. If one is going to fail from rim brake use, they both will be prone to it. Keep in mind it was my rear rim that failed. The rim they are claiming is still okay to use with rim brakes.
My hunch is the vendor is betting on the fact the front wheel provides most of the braking and having a disk brake front will take up enough of the forces as to not wear down the rear rim with rim brakes. Shady AF and shows just how much they care about the safety of their customers.
That said,I am still using them since I have a back up set I received for free when I complained about the sprocket mounting hardware that only screwed in about to or three threads instead of the entire mount as should be. However I have ordered a front and rear disk brake conversion to eliminate this issue. Not sure how to mount the drive sprocket and the brake disk together but I have a few Ideas and I've tackled much more complicated mechanical conundrums in the past with success.
If you're running disk brakes front and back I say the rims are pretty nice, but I would not recommend them if your intending to use any king of rim brake.
The recent change in recommendations only confirms my suspicion these are not at all meant for rim brakes. They now claim that only the rear is okay for rim brakes but that doesn't make any sense since the walls on both the front and rear rims are exactly the same. If one is going to fail from rim brake use, they both will be prone to it. Keep in mind it was my rear rim that failed. The rim they are claiming is still okay to use with rim brakes.
My hunch is the vendor is betting on the fact the front wheel provides most of the braking and having a disk brake front will take up enough of the forces as to not wear down the rear rim with rim brakes. Shady AF and shows just how much they care about the safety of their customers.
That said,I am still using them since I have a back up set I received for free when I complained about the sprocket mounting hardware that only screwed in about to or three threads instead of the entire mount as should be. However I have ordered a front and rear disk brake conversion to eliminate this issue. Not sure how to mount the drive sprocket and the brake disk together but I have a few Ideas and I've tackled much more complicated mechanical conundrums in the past with success.
If you're running disk brakes front and back I say the rims are pretty nice, but I would not recommend them if your intending to use any king of rim brake.