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Originally Posted by mepstein View Post
Stiffness is more a function of wheel build, number of spokes and rim shape. ....
Yes. I used engineer-speak shorthand "geometry." Perhaps that was confusing; but now you know.

That is, with the material CF vs Alum, the density affects the geometry (the cross section) much in the same way aluminum will be thicker/taller x-sec, and therefore stiffer than the same weight version in steel. /beam theory.
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