Originally Posted by
dominic252
Thanks for all of the help anyone! I decided to just go ahead and get a nice set of H + Son SL42s. Seems like those are popular rims and I found a set in my price range.
I had my bike locked up at school and someone tried to steal them. Not entirely sure what they did to do it, but my rim ended up bent and a huge whole in the deep v wall.
Considering that story, how about going to your local bike co-op and getting a set of older wheels. The rims from the 80s and 90s were pretty good. Free-wheels spin right on because they used spin on cassettes, not the modern free-hub system (you'd have to be going SS unless you want to use brakes with a suicide FG setup). The bearings are loose ball so you can rebuild them to get a nice, free running hub and, most importantly in this situation, the wheels will not a theft magnet like your H+Sons will be.
Just a thought. The wheels you're looking at seem like a good move too.