need help choosing a rim - Page 2

oldpotatoe · #16 11-17-2017, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by thunderworks

I've built numerous wheelsets using DT440 rims. They have proved easy to build and tension and so far, have been extremely durable. They stay true and round with minimum attention.

I'm a flyweight, so YMMV, but my experience with DT is all good. They have an offset rear and seem to hit all your boxes.

DT440 being replaced by 411/511, may be hard to find 440...

tv_vt · #17 11-17-2017, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by oldpotatoe

DT440 being replaced by 411/511, may be hard to find 440...

Also very hard to get tires on/off DT440 rim. Much much easier on the R460 rim. Have had both. Really like the 460. The 440 rode well but was a total pita as far as mounting tires.

jmoore · #18 11-17-2017, 01:10 PM

28 hole Pacenti SL23's have been plenty strong for me. I'm 230-ish.

bigbill · #19 11-17-2017, 01:16 PM

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Originally Posted by mcteague

The Easton R90SL is supposed to be made in the same factory that makes HED rims but sells for a bit less.

https://novemberbicycles.com/blogs/b...s-easton-r90sl

http://www.wheelbuilder.com/easton-r...ncher-rim.html

Tim

I was a big fan of the Easton R90 SL after one was used to replace a cracked rear SL23. 18 months later and the Easton is cracked. 32H built by RT on Record hubs. I'm around 6'2" and 225# and have historically been easy on wheels. My wide rim experience was been disappointing so far. I'm sending the hubs to Pete next month to be built up with 511's which are more narrow but still tubeless. I like the tubeless.

FWIW, I ran tubed tires on the Eastons for over a year and they don't mount up that well but tubeless tires were flawless. The hook bead on the Eastons is optimized for tubeless and if I had a tubed tire going down, it would likely come off the rim. Didn't seem to matter what brand.

Mark McM · #20 11-17-2017, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by ergott

I'd say Easton R90SL, Hed Belgium, Pacenti Forza, or Boyd Altamont.

The Altamont and Forza are the heaviest of the bunch and with the extra material would be worth checking out first for bigger riders. Depending on the generation of H3 hub you might want the offset Forza since they had a bigger tension imbalance earlier on.

I agree with the sentiment that with only 28 spokes and heavy rider, you probably don't want a rim that is too light or shallow if you want durability. Go a little heavier and deeper on the rim for a more robust wheel.

bicycletricycle · #21 11-17-2017, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by oldpotatoe

dt511...

that 511 looks nice, I wonder what tire mounting is like.

MergeForTheKill · #22 11-17-2017, 06:51 PM

I've been very happy with my Belgium +'s.

weisan · #23 11-17-2017, 07:09 PM

tire mounting seems like a major concern for tricycle pal and I can appreciate that.

But the problem is, to a large extent, it depends on the tires. I have inconsistent experience (some easy, some hard) with all the different rims I have tried (Velocity A23, Pacenti SL23, HED C2, H+ Son Archetypes).