Patent ID: 7578563

Claim:
A bicycle rim comprising: an annular metallic rim member including a pair of oppositely facing annular braking surfaces and a plurality of spoke attachment areas with at least one spoke attachment opening formed in each of the spoke attachment areas; and a non-metallic reinforcing member overlying an exterior surface of the annular metallic rim member but not overlying the pair of oppositely facing annular braking surfaces, the reinforcing member including a plurality of spoke attachment sections individually arranged in a circumferential direction to overlie the spoke attachment openings, each of the spoke attachment sections including a plurality of discrete non-metallic first reinforcing parts attached to one of the spoke attachment areas around the spoke attachment openings, and a plurality of discrete non-metallic second reinforcing parts attached to the one of the spoke attachment areas to overlie the non-metallic first reinforcing parts, with the non-metallic second reinforcing parts being larger than the non-metallic first reinforcing parts such that the non-metallic second reinforcing parts extend radially outwardly beyond radially outer most edges of the non-metallic first reinforcing parts.