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Lightweight climbing wheels - thoughts?
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I managed to get some NIB Chris King R45 hubs (18h front, 24h rear) for a song over here (I should preface by saying that I live in Japan - the only relevance to this being the quality of the roads, i.e. a lot better than the UK).
Speaking to my mechanic friend here, his cyclocross team use Chinese/Taiwanese carbon rims and he proposes using these and, from the Chinese carbon thread, I don't see this as a problem.
Also, he will use Sapim CX-Ray spokes for the build (together with some good quality nipples).
I will enter some hill climb races this year over here and so, as you'd imagine, want to build something as light as possible. I'm also thinking that I'd like something I can ride fairly regularly for long-ish (100km+) weekend rides.
Given this, I'm looking for some thoughts from you guys on rim depth and/or the wheel build in general (I am thinking 24mm depth with 23mm width in a clincher for general ease of use).