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@El_Diablo
I'm sure she's my Guardian Angel you know, the last time she surfaced was when I said about lights on my MTB for riding the canal towpath, and she thought it was a bad idea with kids around- see, she looks after me!
My tandem is a lot younger than yours GA, and I need all the stopping power I can get without chrome rims hampering me, as well as strength in the wheels too, apart from that standardisation comes into it with my other wheels, I can swap bits about.
A critical factor for me is that Shimano hubs (and Campag ones too) have splined freewheel hubs which you can't strip a thread on, where the screw on versions you certainly can and you're completely rolloxed when it happens, and that I do need to avoid as its bound to be in the middle of nowhere- did happen to a couple of club mates on the Paris Brest in St Nowhere.
I always have a reason for doing things my way!
Thank you for interest my GA!