Rim recommendations (clincher, late 70s)

Hey all,

I am getting tired of the work that comes after puncturing tubs (3 punctures in 2 weeks) so I've decided to switch to clinchers, which I can easily repair on the side of the road. I'm looking for recommendations for clincher rims.

I currently have Normandy 32h hubs and Fiamme tubular rims, both mid-late 1970s. The bike is a 1982 Holdsworth Record Nuovo.

At the moment I'm planning to re-use the hubs in the newly-built wheels, and I'd like to find a pair of low-profile silver rims manufactured around the same year as the bike.

Any suggestions or advice for a first-time wheel composition?

Thanks in advance,

Personally I wouldn't bother with older(especially 70's) clinchers if you are using it often as newer ones are much better.

Search out a pair of Mavic MA2 or DRC classic if you want something 'simpatico', or for a modern box-section rim get something like an MA3, ambrosio excursion, rigida do some square ish rims too. Also campagnolo did some square rims in the 80s you can still pick up like Gamma and Lambda.

VO rims!

No need to faff about with old rims anymore.

Aha, thanks for that. I'll see what I can find.

I'm not particularly married to the idea of getting '70s/'80s rims, so perhaps a new pair would be better in the long run.

Cheers all,

Hey, a question for those who recommended VO rims:

Does the braking surface take a while to wear in? Will I be squealing at every inner-city intersection for months?

I'm wondering is perhaps a milled braking surface (eg Mavic OpenPro, Mavic MA3/OpenSport) might be a better start.

Thanks again - the first attempt at wheel-building is coming along, and I've just discovered the magic of a spoke-calculator :-)

MA2/MA3 with Gatorskin... dropped my puncture rates massively...works every time.

Mavic MA2, have them on my Koga Miyata... Very nice!