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hed Belgium

Well, if you're just trying to throw away money, I hear Chris King are OK :-)

I know this is going to sound a bit broken record, but if a 23mm by 24mm deep rim is what you're after (and there's no reason it shouldn't be for a Sunday café bike), I find it really hard to understand why anybody would look past the DT R24*. For the price of Hed Belgiums laced to Royce hubs, you could buy 5 or 6 pairs of the DT wheels.

*General note: whenever I'm banging on about the cheap DT Spline wheels, feel free to insert equivalent Fulcrum, Mavic or Shimano factory built wheels, the differences are marginal for the most part.

Hed Belgium

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If you are going to go spendy with Royce hubs for Sunday best then I would definitely recommend Hed Belgiums. If you don't want to go spendy then the DT Swiss R460 can be a good alternative. But in all respects of weight, finish, and bling factor the Hed Belgium has it over the Archetype, R460, and the SL23. Also, I have huge bother fitting tyres to SL23s, much more difficult than the other rims I mentioned.