• I don't road tour enough to justify an all out asphalt 650b tourer...so I'm thinking of building a set of 650b wheels for the roadbike with long drop calipers. Obviously need to check the fork clearances etc, but my question is are there any road touring specific rims? All the 650b rims I've found are for disc-mtb...not sure if it's appropriate for a braking surface.

  • Velocity made a rim called the Synergy but it seems hard to get over here.

    VO make a polished-finish 25mm-wide rim called the Diagonale which FreshTripe stock.

    Pacenti make a 650b version of their fancy-pants tubeless rim but it's expensive (and previous versions had issues).

  • Grand Bois latest rims is the best for the money, strong, reasonably weight and well priced.

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