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Ooh shit. I'm now thinking of going with some extra chunky MTB rims, might look nuts on a tourer but whatevs. Any suggestions?
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Most MTB rims aren’t designed to take grav/road pressures - I had my hubs rebuilt into the grav specific DT GR531DB which are a beastly 28mm external/24mm internal and each weighs about 100g more than the hope rim - time will tell but hoping I’ve found the right balance of quality, weight and strength.
@r.hobbs maybe, I have heard other tales of this happening to hope rims.
TM
GRX is great eh, my work friend has it and the braking is mind blowing. Can’t justify replacing my RS685 currently but maybe one day.
The hope 20five rims aren’t all that tough as I found out on tour.
Unless you’re a featherweight and by “off road” You’re talking about plodding along forest roads I’d avoid. Great hubs tho.