not the widowmakers, the term refers to a specific type of rim that firestone made in the 30's thru the 60's these rims split right in the center, in what would be the well area of a modern tubeless rim, the killer rep comes from when a tire is mounted, you cant see weather the 2 halves of the rim are actually fully seated in their locking ribs, the rim explodes if its not, and somebody gets killed, of course thats why they make tire cages but its still a type of wheel you dont want . those rims are now 40 to 70 years old and rust has weakened them even more, as for lock ring wheels there in use today, there fine, as long as, the man working on them knows what hes doing and has actual experience doing them, as opposed to watching a u tube video on it, us older people worked on split rim wheels for decades, next the pieces of the rim and ring [s] need to be in good condition not bent rusted or warped there is more to check but i done need to post it here
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