Originally Posted by
Captain Jake
I was hoping to build a set of Velocity Aerohead rims to a set of White Industry H3 hubs, but especially the rims a are more of a lightweight road rim and I'm not sure they are tough enough to stand up to any Cross riding.
We put on a cyclocross race series this past fall and winter, and it was for the most part a typical cross section (no pun intended) of road wheels/rims that were on the bikes. Everything from Ksyrium Elite wheelsets to Open Pros to Aeroheads to less expensive Alex road rims. The all seemed to do fine. It was more often than not a soft, gritty, muddy course, so the real problem for the rims was the brake surface getting chewed up.
Personally, if I were to build a cyclocross wheelset for myself, I'd probably use Mavic CXP-33's. I like the profile and characteristics of those rims. But the Aeroheads you mention should be fine, at least they would have been fine for the cross courses we set up.