Road Wheels & Road Wheel Recommendations?

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vneilv in reply to @gbj_tester

There are plenty of options out there if you look past the CX/Road disc labels (with corresponding hipster tax) to 29" XC wheels (prices cut due to skinny rimmed 29ers being so 2014)

This is something I am considering, I am looking for a non disc cx wheel set with qr, can I get away with a normal 24/28 spoked road wheelset (novatecs & pacenti/kinlin/archetype) as I'm pretty light (66kg) or is it better going for 32h wheels for better durability?

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gbj_tester in reply to @vneilv

I am looking for a non disc cx wheel set with qr

For racing, or just for riding around on a CX-style bike? For racing, and assuming proper CX wheels are out of the question due to budgetary constraints, it's back to the R24, DT list it as suitable for CX and you're ⅔ of my weight, so you're hardly going to overstress them.

For just riding around, 32 spokes is fine, e.g. 5800 hubs and this week's favourite rim, DT R460 has the virtue of being considerably cheaper than the others and if you're splashing about in the mud on a rim-braked bike, that's a material consideration as you're likely to wear them out.

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