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GYXU > Cycling > IRD Clyde Rims 17 April 2008 23:41:33

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Warren Block 17 April 2008 23:41:33
 A 700C silver triple-channel rim with eyelets. At 570g, it should be
strong. Yet it sells for $34, which seems low. Is there a catch?

http://www.interloc­racing.com/rims.html­

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Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota * USA
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Ryan Cousineau 17 April 2008 06:36:24 permanent link ]
 In article <slrng0dabl.1of2.wb­lock@speedy.wonkity.­com>,
Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com­> wrote:

A 700C silver triple-channel rim with eyelets. At 570g, it should be
strong. Yet it sells for $34, which seems low. Is there a catch?

Yes. You could save several seconds in a 10k TT by choosing a
deep-section wheel such as a Zipp 404.

MSRP of the bare Zipp rim is about $700.

The likely reason for the low cost of the IRD rim is that the materials
are humble but effective, the extrusion tooling was paid off about 18
years ago and subsequently has been moved from Japan to Taiwan to PRC,
and all that's left for Interloc to do is print stickers and find
customers.

So yeah, go for it.

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Ryan Cousineau rcousine@gmail.com http://www.wiredcol­a.com/
"In other newsgroups, they killfile trolls."
"In rec.bicycles.racing­, we coach them."
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Tom Sherman 17 April 2008 09:41:29 permanent link ]
 Warren Block wrote:
A 700C silver triple-channel rim with eyelets. At 570g, it should be
strong. Yet it sells for $34, which seems low. Is there a catch?
They are made underground by gnomes. ;)

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Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
The weather is here, wish you were beautiful
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Guest 17 April 2008 20:23:26 permanent link ]
 On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:41:29 -0500, Tom Sherman
<sunsetss0003@REMOV­ETHISyahoo.com> wrote:

Warren Block wrote:
A 700C silver triple-channel rim with eyelets. At 570g, it should be
strong. Yet it sells for $34, which seems low. Is there a catch?
They are made underground by gnomes. ;)

Yeah, but are they union gnomes using organically grown, fair trade aluminum?
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Matt O'Toole 17 April 2008 23:41:33 permanent link ]
 On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:36:24 +0000, Ryan Cousineau wrote:

In article <slrng0dabl.1of2.wb­lock@speedy.wonkity.­com>,
Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com­> wrote:
A 700C silver triple-channel rim with eyelets. At 570g, it should be
strong. Yet it sells for $34, which seems low. Is there a catch?
Yes. You could save several seconds in a 10k TT by choosing a deep-section
wheel such as a Zipp 404.
MSRP of the bare Zipp rim is about $700.
The likely reason for the low cost of the IRD rim is that the materials
are humble but effective, the extrusion tooling was paid off about 18
years ago and subsequently has been moved from Japan to Taiwan to PRC, and
all that's left for Interloc to do is print stickers and find customers.

Nah, it's because heavier rims are less cool with the racer types who
would pay more for them if they were lighter. Biking is one of those
weird markets where less costs more, and more costs less.

Matt O.

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