On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:36:24 +0000, Ryan Cousineau wrote:

In article ,
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?

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

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.