Oh man oh man oh man, that is just terrifying. We are loving our Kinlin 279/BHS c472w rim. Only one so far as we are replacing our Deep-V rims with these as they wear. We used Sapim CX-Ray spokes, 36H rims because our CK hubs are 36 and we sure aren't changing those out. We use rim brakes and I think the aluminum may be wearing a bit better on the Kinlin rim, too. Tires go on and off by hand.
As long as I mentioned rim brakes, we recently switched to Swisstop GHP2 V-Brake pads, the green ones. The blue pads aren't available for V-brakes. We're liking them very much. Silent, smooth application, good in wet. We were using Koolstop combo pads. The Swisstop are better.
For tandems, I sure am a fan of speccing and building your own wheels.