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@drapeau: Dude you wrote that reply, in that patronizing a tone, to a company whose entire business is designing and building composite frames and rims. You literally tried to explain wheel and frame design to them. They wanted your preferences, not an amateur explainer - they know more than you. Next time write a dot point list. p.s. Shimano have had 55mm chainline options for more than two years now. No-one "achieved" it. It's just an option provided for frame designers, like the people here humouring you.

@Thecommoncoy: You are talking completely out of your arse.

Really? DT still recommend different spoke lengths when using one of their symmetrical rims on one of their hubs. A larger drive side flange is typically for trying to balance spoke tensions and reduce bracing angle a bit.

@jfranci3: They put threads in the rim bed, hence "ThreadBed". Swing and a miss champ.

@finnspin: Assume they get 100CHF for each set they make. They need to make a few thousand sets just to get that Hermle C400 in the door.

@tcmtnbikr: I figure you're talking about DT star ratchets shearing teeth, but this is a different geometry to a star ratchet. Have you tested this design and discovered a typical mode of failure? If not, this is all conjecture until someone does.

It seems ridiculous on first glance, but all that matters is will it handle the loads involved? If the surfaces are equal hardness, are hard enough, and surface area is high enough, then I can see it working fine.

@LibertyBikes: Ironically, it's not being facetious - it's irony.

@soup4myfamily: I sell special crystals that vibrate at life-enhancing quantum frequencies. "Vibrate", "quantum" and "frequencies" are terms used in physics, therefore my claim is scientific.

Seriously? I read that blurb and thought, "that's about the most realistic and non-salesman-y self-appraisal I've heard in a while". Compared to most other product launches you see on PB, he's pretty conservative about what he's selling.