Do you need 44? It is a hill climb bike after all.
Do you even sick watts?
Do you need 44?
For weight weenie purposes, probably yes. It's going to be hard to find rims which work reliably at 16/20 which aren't well over 20g a piece heavier than ones which are good at 20/24
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Do you need 44? It is a hill climb bike after all.