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Thanks I was thinking it might be too skinny. Oh well.
Any rim recommendations? I tend to favour strength over weight (but not to an extreme - I weigh 14 stone but don't exactly do great big drops or anything, wheels mostly on the ground at all times).
Possibly worth getting something tubeless or tubeless friendly. Bit of a n00b with that but I have done it on a customer's bike before.
I'm not a fan of anything with straight pull spokes or propriety systems (Crank Bros Cobalt, Mavic weird fat spokes etc...) regular alloy (eyeletted!) rims with standard j bend spokes ftw.
tallsam-
Mavic & Sun Ringle both make good value rims with 21-23mm internal width. WTB make some decent ones at various budgets in 23-25mm. If you want to spend more, then there's Stans, or the new Easton ARC rims.
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I'd recommend Ryde Trace rims. I've built with many of them and they're excellent. They are offset which is very useful for evening out spoke tensions and for building stronger 29er wheels. They come in three internal width options: 28.8mm, 24.8mm, and 20.8mm.
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Possibly worth getting something tubeless
Mavic EN821 would be my choice, being the only proper tubeless rim you can actually buy in 29". If you didn't want tubeless but just an excellent 21-622 disc brake rim, I'd suggest Mavic EN821 :-)
BareNecessities
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gbj_tester
Something 21mm internal width will work better with fat tyres and will still be good for a more road oriented use with 28C tyres.