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Why steel is not suitable to be used for the wheel rim of a racing bicycle?
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∙ 10y ago
First of all it's a bit heavy.
Steel will also rust unless painted.
And painted rims won't work well on a bike that uses rim brakes. The paint would wear off from the brake track, which would rust, which would make the brakes work unevenly.
Stainless steel is a kinda/sorta option.
It won't rust in the conditions a bicycle will see, but it's still kinda heavy.
But worse yet, it's really slippery, particularly when wet. Doesn't work well with rim brakes.
There's been some attempts at stainless rims with patterned brake surfaces, but that hasn't really worked out either.
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