Current Projects chat and miscellany

If the hubs are black then careful taping is the best bet. Otherwise a cog will even things out. Although if you've got a really good deal would you not be better just selling them on ebay and vying what you want?

In principle I favour tubulars, but I need a high quality clincher wheelset for serious climbing, or rather the mad skid descends that inevitably goes with it when riding brakeless.

I can't tell if you're joking but both the rim and hubs are heavy and the rim drilling suggested it would be 32/32h build... so what ~2kg? It doesn't really sound like a climbing wheelset.