Thanks for the input and advice.

I bought my Miyata from the original owner, he had only replaced the tires once (said they kind of rotted just sitting there in his garage). When I rebuilt the rear wheel using the Sturmey XRF5W I unfortunately used some cheap spokes I had around.. Unlaced the mess today and checked the rim, Less then 1/16" from being flat and round.

Since the planned short tour happens in 12 days I'm not going to try and get the parts together to build up the nos rims I have which are 590-650a-26 x 1 3/8. If I build them up, going to run the Panaracer col de vie's. Braking would be long reach sidepulls, which a friend has.

Tim