Originally Posted by old and new
Better off getting a compelte wheel set or a full build. If waisting a rim is what concerns you, as it would with me, using old rims are not consired by wheel builders. I meen not considered..AT ALL. Rims don't do well after they've been laced. I've never heard or read any accounts of rim re-use, it's just not a option.
I don't know about that. I've rebuilt a wheel with new spokes but with the old hub and rim. I've rebuilt a wheel with new hub but with the old spokes and rim. Rims, like most other components, can be re-built and re-used.
Bob