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Am I just being over cautious or old fashioned?
Of the two, I'd pick old fashioned as the most likely. Eyelets were probably a good idea on old fashioned tubular rims which were formed from a length of pipe of uniform wall thickness. Modern extrusions have thickened walls at the spoke bed, making eyelets redundant.
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Those DT Swiss R560 rims look like a nice rim, I might use them for my next set. Other than to save weight is there a reason they have no eyelets? Previously I have always used double eyeleted rims. Am I just being over cautious or old fashioned?