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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 :-)
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Thanks I was considering those (ideally to Hope).
Only thing is funds are running low so to get me going I'm going to get some cheap wheels. Found some from a Boardman CX Pro (awful formula hubs to Mavic A319). £55, brand new (1 mile of use apparently), which is great considering I'd pay near that for the rims anyway. They've only got to last 6 months or so of light use, then I've got a backup set of wheels too or rebuild the rims to something better.
Just need to double check they're 135mm, not 130mm. I'm guessing they must be 135?
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What's wrong with the Easton ar/arc rims?
tallsam
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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.