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What are condors own brand rims?
I've hear a few people bring up QC issues on newer batches of open pros, so i wouldn't rule it out. Quite a few of the condor guys are really good and properly know there stuff... although some are more about the sales patter. Mine are older and are fine so I can't really say anything bad.
The things that put me off OPs are; 1) price - last time I looked it seemed hard to find good deals that made OPs competitive with other similar rims. For eg are they worth double the price of rigidas, or why not up the budget to some DT Swiss? 2) Drilling and colour options - compared to something like A23s it seems hard to find them in anything other than 32h and black for a good price - this may have changed since I last looked. 3) Width. I'm sold on the who wide rim thing so unless they were an especially good deal I wouldn't buy narrow rims.
Tl;dl - IMO there are lots of comparable/better choices so OPs aren't the default rim they once were.
This is a very sensible option and probably the best bet.
As for drilling it depends how much you (and your bag) weigh. If there's the rim/hub drilling option then you may as well go 32/36h. If not i wouldn't worry about it unless you're particularly heavy.