Bicycle rim

A method of making a bicycle rim, comprising:

• forming an annular rim that includes an annular tire attachment portion and an annular spoke attachment portion fixedly coupled with the annular tire attachment portion to form an annular hollow area;
• fixedly coupling a plurality of reinforcement members to an exterior surface of the spoke attachment portion such that the reinforcement members are located entirely exteriorly of the spoke attachment portion in a circumferentially spaced arrangement to effectively increase the thickness of the spoke attachment portion;
• and
• forming a plurality of attachment openings with one of the attachment openings extending through one of the reinforcement members and through the spoke attachment portion of the rim, each of the attachment openings having an inner diameter that is configured and arranged to allow a spoke to be adjustably and releasably coupled thereto,
• each of said reinforcement members including:
• a projecting portion extending inwardly from one of said attachment openings in a radial direction of the rim to an end surface spaced radially inwardly of said exterior surface of said spoke attachment portion, and
• a rim facing surface overlying an attachment area of said exterior surface of said spoke attachment portion that surrounds a corresponding one of said attachment openings,
• said attachment areas of said exterior surface of said spoke attachment portion being free of any through openings except for said spoke attachment openings.

A bicycle rim comprising:

• an annular tire attachment portion adapted to have a tire mounted thereon;
• an annular spoke attachment portion fixedly coupled with said tire attachment portion to form an annular hollow area, said spoke attachment portion including a plurality of circumferentially spaced spoke attachment openings with each of said spoke attachment openings having a central axis;
• and
• a plurality of separate reinforcement members fixedly coupled to an exterior surface of said spoke attachment portion at said spoke attachment openings to effectively increase the thickness of said spoke attachment portion of said rim at said spoke attachment openings, each of said reinforcement members being located entirely exteriorly of said spoke attachment portion and having a through opening that is aligned with one of said spoke attachment openings, said through opening having an inner diameter that is configured and arranged to allow a spoke to be adjustably and releasably coupled thereto,
• each of said reinforcement members having a base portion with a first thickness and a central projecting portion extending radially inwardly from said base portion, said projecting portion having a second thickness that is at least twice said first thickness,
• said through opening of each reinforcement member being formed in said projecting portion, and
• said spoke attachment openings being formed in an inner annular section of said spoke attachment portion that forms an inner radial periphery of said rim such that said central axes of said spoke attachment openings extend in a substantially radial direction of said rim.