affordable 650b road disc wheelsets

[sandyrs]

My search abilities have failed me, though I believe this has been discussed before. What options are there for someone interested in a wheelset that has:

- 650b tubeless compatible rims
- an 11s ROAD shimano freehub (mtb cassettes will not work)
- Swappable end caps for thru-axle and QR compatibility
- an msrp under $1000
- Pre-built (see post 4 for explanation)

[ojingoh]

Handbuilt. Use a Dt 240 hub, axle bodies are swappable.

[vqdriver]

For that budget go custom

[sandyrs]

I am specifically interested in knowing what, if any, pre-built options exist. I can obviously go custom when buying new, but I'm trying to figure out what, if any, non-custom wheels I should keep an eye out for used. That's why I specified msrp.

Edited my first post to reflect this.

[sparky33]

Stan's Crest 27.5 is one I had in mind for similar reasons. tubeless, 11s Shim, end caps, $650, prebuilt. The stock Crest wheels get favorable reviews.

[sandyrs]

Stan's Crest 27.5 is one I had in mind for similar reasons. tubeless, 11s Shim, end caps, $650, prebuilt. The stock Crest wheels get favorable reviews.

Cool, I didn't realize those had a road freehub!

[sparky33]

Cool, I didn't realize those had a road freehub!

I didn't either at first, but I was interested in the Valor wheels for a gravel bike. I asked Stan's if the NEO Ultimate freehub would take Shimano 11 road cassette without modification, and it does. You remove the silver spacer on the hub to use 11 speed road. From what I understand Stan's is using the same hub with the road/gravel Avion wheels too.

The Crest NEO hub also accepts a road 11 cassette.