Abstract: The present invention relates to a rim for bicycles and the like, comprising at least one braking area on at least one flank of the rim for placing a braking member, said braking area essentially consisting of fibre-reinforced plastic. The rim according to the invention is characterized in that the surface of the braking area exhibits an amount of reinforcing fibre of more than 10%.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 18, 2005
Publication date:
November 30, 2006
Applicant:
XENTIS Composite Produktions- & Handels Ges.m.b.H. & Co. KG.
Inventors:
Gerald Possarnig, Manfred Hermann, Friedrich Sackl