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"The rim of a wheel is the outer circular design of the metal on which the inside edge of the tire is mounted on vehicles such as automobiles.[1] For example, on a bicycle wheel the rim is a large hoop attached to the outer ends of the spokes of the wheel that holds the tire and tube.
Chariots introduced an iron rim around a wooden wheel in the 1st millennium BC."
-Wiki.
shuddit kirk he doesnt have a 2 piece wheel so that doesnt count
You're disputing this on the basis that a 1st millennium chariot wheel was a two-piece design? Good logic there. Many modern wheels are a one-piece design. Most that we see on this site from day-to-day are a one-piece design. The "spokes" are permanently attached to the rim. The entire component that gets bolted to your hub/axle is a wheel. When people look to replace them, they get a whole new wheel. They don't buy a new rim (that no one will even look at) and have the rest of the wheel transplanted to the new rim.
You shouldn't try to dispute factual information. It doesn't do well for your credibility. A little further down the wiki page it says the following:
Originally Posted by Wikipedia
Meaning
Decorative wheels are often incorrectly referred to as "rims".[6] This use of the term "rim" is incorrect because it refers to only the outer portion of a wheel (where the tire is mounted), just as the rim of a coffee cup or a meteor crater does not refer to the entire object.
ANYWAY, it's only a technicality and I was just giving him a hard time. There was no malice in my previous posts - in fact I even offered my opinion about wheels for his car after teasing him about it...
10-11-2009, 08:30 PM
