Road Wheels & Road Wheel Recommendations?

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Which hubs/spokes/rims would be a good way to go to have a light (1300-1400g) pair of rim brake wheels built up?

Edit - alu clinchers.

I'm not desperate to go tubeless and nor am I bothered about going particularly wide, partly because the clearance between my stays isn't very generous - there's only about 3mm either side of a 23mm tyre on a Ksyrium as it is.

Budget is £500-600.

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t_w in reply to @%~}

The answer to the question, crucially, depends on how much you weigh. Very light riders can get away with more lightweight builds then heavy riders.
There are some builds out there using Ryde Pulse Sprint or Ryde Pulse Comp rims, Bitex RAF10 & RAR9 hubs using Sapim CXRays that could get you down to that weight. The Ryde Pulse rims also come in offset for the rear so more equal spoke tensions for the DS & NDS can be achieved making a more stable, robust wheel.

But once again this comes down to rider weight.

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%~} in reply to @t_w

Thanks - I'll look at those parts.

Whittled myself down to 84kg with a target of 80kg. You could argue I'm not going to notice much difference at that weight, but a bit if extra zip and acceleration on climbs would be nice.

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