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I am planning on using veloflex master tyres ( I have the 20mm for the front and the 22 for the back) and I wanted to use a pair of Mavic CXP 14's to Dura ace hubs via CX ray spokes. I want to go 32 radial on the front, 36 2x on the back.
After doing some reading and gathering opinions, I gather that the weak link in the chain is the CXP14 rims - these look the biz, but they are fairly heavy and don't have a machined braking surface which I think would be a bonus. they're NOS and would sell for decent money - am I better off trading in for a different rim?
I'm in a quandry because until I'm happy with my parts I can't buy the CX-rays, and I don't want to have to buy them twice if I go for the wrong rims. Everyone's talking about the Archetypes, but wide rims look pretty shit on a skinny tubed bike, and I have the skinny Veloflex ready to go. I'm 85kg, and I don't need training wheels, I really want a nice old school set - unless I can find some NOS Mavic open SUP Ceramics, which ones should I get?