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The DT swiss R460 is an O.K rim. thes rim on the market at present (not for looks though) is the Kinlin XR31T.
It is very stiff, 31mm deep 24mm wide and comes with an offset drilling. It is as round and flat as an HED and most folk won't need anything more than a 24 spoke rear.
triple butted spokes on the rear will allow heavy riders to ride them with ease. I have sapim CX force on order to lace them to Miche Primato hubs. This will be a nice wheel. Also if you can get hold of some proper triplet lacing hubs with NDS flange to centre of around 46mm then you can have a 90% tension balance with the off set rim which is handy as tubeless tyres cause a big tension drop on all tubeless rim once the beads locks in place.
You can spend a hug ammount on wheels and they do the same job as much cheaper ones. speaking as a wheel builder spending much over £300 starts getting very small performance gains.
The novatec hubs are actually very good as so are Miche Primato's. Shimano Dura Ace are wonderful but Camapagnolo record are light and perfect too. cheaper as well. WI T11 have the advantage of a good range of drillings and Royce hubs are just perfection but you pay for it. Of course if you really want to spend ask Cliff to do you a set of his carbon Ti hubs. i did in triplet lacing format (with 64mm flange seperation) now these hubs cost more than my car and I don't ride any faster either. They are very nice though. notice how all of the above hubs are reliable.