Patent ID: 7377595

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 plurality of intermediate areas disposed between adjacent pairs of the spoke attachment areas; and a reinforcing member extending in a circumferential direction about the annular metallic rim member and exteriorly overlying the annular metallic rim member without overlying the pair of oppositely facing annular braking surfaces, the reinforcing member including a plurality of discrete spoke attachment area reinforcing parts individually spaced apart in the circumferential direction such that a corresponding one of the discrete spoke attachment area reinforcing parts overlies a corresponding one of the spoke attachment areas of the annular metallic rim member, and a rim reinforcing part overlying the intermediate areas of the annular metallic rim member and at least partially overlying the discrete spoke attachment area reinforcing parts.