Wide rims with 28 hole, Hed Belgium C2 and Flo 30, what else?

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In the market for some new road rims, I already have 28/24 hole rubs coming so now to find the rims that they are going to go in. I want wide clincher rims with an aluminum brake track. And I prefer something that is not deep that would require valve extenders. Are the Heds and Flos my only two options?

Thanks!

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Pacenti SL23
Velocity A23
H + Son Archetype
KinLin XC-279

Are all other options.
http://fairwheelbikes.com/c/forums/topic/2013-rim-roundup/
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Bontrager TLR
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i have the pacenti’s. Freaking awesome wheels.

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…or skip the 23 and go with the newer HED. They swear the 25mm is even better and putting all their pros on those this year.

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I couldn’t find a link to the 25s on the site, I could only find the 23s, after i posted this i realized they were 23s so, right now, i’m leaning towards the flos.

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http://www.wheelbuilder.com/hed-belgium+clincher-rim.html

https://www.hedcycling.com/ardennes/plus.asp?content=PLUSsl
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I was just heading over to WB to see if they had them. You beat me too it, but it looks like they only have 28/32 which would be awesome except I already have hubs on order.

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http://www.artscyclery.com/HED_Belgium_Series_C2_Plus_700c_Rim/descpage-HDC2PR.html?gclid=CPej992_kr0CFWEV7AodolEAtA

Since you’re building them yourselves, just buy two of this.

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…or skip the 23 and go with the newer HED. They swear the 25mm is even better and putting all their pros on those this year.

The Pacenti SL23 is 24 mm wide

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Wait until next year: 27 mm rims!!
7 minute abs anyone?

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True–people need to look at their frames before going all in on fat wheels. You might get some good rubbing under load if everything’s not compatible.

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For 23 and shallow, it’s hard to beat the Pacenti’s. The Hed Belgium C2 ia a little more expensive. The C2+ at 25 is what I’m having built. The Hed advantage is that they can be run tubeless if that interests you.

The Stans Alpha 340 mentioned above is not a wide rim. It’s 20.

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The Stans Alpha 340 mentioned above is not a wide rim. It’s 20.

Whoops, I was looking at the depth instead of the width, edited. I like the Pacenti rims I’ve got currently, though they’re far harder to mount a tire than the HED rims.

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And the wheel builder I use loves the Pacenti’s. Says they’re the roundest most true rims out of the box. He wanted me to use them, but I want this wheel set to be road tubeless. And since I’ll use them for training wheels, the 25 width will at least be close to my 28 race wheels.

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The Pacenti’s are tubeless ready, no?