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Sun CR18 for a Clydesdale (any suggestion for a good cheap sturdy wheelset)?

Hello all.
I have a bianchi san jose SS.
The bike will be used as a daily beater and a workhorse (courier work).
I also mess around on it, occasionaly jump a curb cut/long speedbump whlie going downhill, and try to take it into parks and trails whenever I find them.
I never do anything too crazy though, but I'll probably take it to some mellow dirt trails once I get more comfortable on the bike.

I'm somewhere between 200 and 225 pounds.

I need a new rear wheel!
Because this is a workhorse, I really like the thought of putting a CR-18 on a cartridge bearing formula that I have laying around.
Double walled, sturdy, fairly light, and cheap.

Do you guys think it will hold up fine and keep true under my weight and given the above conditions?
(I'm going for 32H).

I was considering the rhynolites, but they would he a whole freaking quarter pound heavier at the rear wheel.

I'm also looking for any other suggestions for rims if you guys have them.

I'm trying to find something between 30-50 per rim (Don't want to spend a lot on a workhorse/daily beater/commutercore).
I'm also open to used stuff, so if you guys know of the used value of some other rims lemme know plz.
(for example, h plus sons are juuuust outside the range i'd like, but I would be tempted if i found some used for 40).
I don't care thaaaat much about weight, but you really start to feel it after climbing hills for like 6-7 hours at a time (so deep v's or some crazy mtb rim would probably be out of the question).

I'm open to complete wheelsets, but I want to keep them on basic formula cartridge bearing hubs.
The wheelset would also have to cost less than putting new rims on existing hubs that I have (i'll take it to a shop to true them after I lace them which will be between 20-40 per rim probs).
Whatever I get definitely needs to be better than the loose ball boat anchors that come on almost all mid range single speed completes nowadays.

Any tips/suggestions?

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