Old 12-20-14 | 06:25 AM
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Originally Posted by nun
The rims are shot, lots of wear so time for some new ones.....I could service the hubs and have a new wheel built with the same rims, but that's no fun. I was maybe thinking of some HED Ardennes rims or something as wide to see if they live up to the hype, but I don't think they make them with enough holes for my Dura-Ace hubs. The Open Pros are old fashioned. I don't necessarily want lighter, maybe just a bit wider.
That makes sense.

Just me, but...
Being a cheapskate, I'd probably lace on some new rims probably even using the old spokes. I have found that by taping the new rim to the old one you can de-tension the wheel and move one spoke at a time to the new rim. The whole operation truing and all can be done in about 20 minutes per wheel. I have done that quite a few times and found that for me the hubs and spokes usually easily outlast two sets of rims. Also if it was me, I'd probably use Open Pros again.
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