Originally Posted by
globecanvas
If you're going with alu clinchers, I'd recommend having a set built around one of the current crop of wide, slightly aero rims (hed, velocity, pacenti etc). You can get a really nice wheelset for under $1k, and unlike a system wheel (mavic etc) if you break a spoke your lbs can fix it.
I really like my Kinlin XC279 rims, which are super cheap, but they're heavy as **** (especially laced 3x with 32 spokes to my old campagnolo chorus hubs). Spin like champs though. Wide aluminum clinchers can be pretty cushy and are very affordable.
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Bikes: 1996 Eddy Merckx Titanium EX, 1989/90 Colnago Super(issimo?) Piu(?), 1990 Concorde Aquila(hit by car while riding), others in build queue "when I get the time"