I see your point and when speaking of an alloy wheel that is a one-piece casting or forging it makes sense, but on a steelie that is built from two pieces (the inner hub portion that is welded to the outer rim portion--and I think the original discussion involved steelies --further �parentheses; see how the use of the term "steelies" skirts the entire semantic debate?) my argument would apply. �
In the bike world you can buy the rim separately and may have occasion to do so, and I agree that in the car world that is extremely unlikely.
But don't you think it was a terrific rant?

Stephen

--- On Thu, 4/11/13, J Stewart <fonman4277@comcast.net> wrote:

From: J Stewart <fonman4277@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: more free rims, near San Diego - Irked by "rims"
To: "Stephen Grisanti" <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Date: Thursday, April 11, 2013, 11:46 PM

#yiv1132943006 p {margin:0;}I know I should let it go, but I feel the need to respond to the original response