Tim_Canterbury wrote:
I can't speak to road rims but I have two sets of mtb rims from LB. both 29", 24mm internal width hookless.
- One (32h) is going on the third season - to be fair the first season was a partial but I can't remember if they came in May or July or ??? anyhow, these are daily drivers. DT comp spokes, 350 hubs
- one (28h) is going on second season, race only, dt revolution/350
In my opinion, the rims are awesome but they will only be as good as the builder is skilled.
n=1 I'm ~180# in my birthday suit so probably ~190# geared up. I race xxc, ride fast and while I do think I ride light and smart, I am driving a hardtail. I have NO reservations about these wheels at all and they've been all over on pretty rough terrain (Moab, Crusty Butt, Fruita, St. George...) without issue. I'd buy the rims again (am looking at the 29er tubulars for cx) in a second but have a trusted builder whip up the wheels.
ymmv
Thanks for the info, that's pretty much exactly what I've been considering doing. My one qualm about the wheels was the braking surface, but I'm only really interested in MTB/CX wheels right now, and I have disc on both, so no problem there. Can't decide between just buying rims and having them built, or buying a whole wheelset but immediately taking it to a trusted wheel builder and having them check spoke tension, etc, etc. wheelsfar.com has some perfect CX tubulars, 25mm wide, with DT Swiss 240 hubs for $895. If I get them built over here I'll probably use the 350s as you did, those are the hubs I have now on my new HT. I'm smaller than you (~155 lbs), so if they're good for you they'll probably work well for me.
Slightly tangential question, how were the LB rims for tubeless setup?
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