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Old 04-15-20 | 12:03 PM
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Originally Posted by SethAZ
I keep going back to their pages and feeling the tug to pick up another pair of rims. The only problem is I built a pair of wheels on LB rims a couple years ago, and they're doing great, so there's zero justification for me to think about building another set. I just can't help thinking about it though. I'd love to build a set of wheels on the AR56 or WR50 rims. I wish they'd design something a little asymmetric as far as the spoke holes go; the only problem I've had with my AeroClyde wheels was a need to tweak the whole rear wheel's tension after a couple of thousand miles due to very low NDS spoke tension. That wasn't a dig at their rims, since it's likely my limited wheelbuilding experience just lead to a sub-optimal original tensioning, or it may be a fact of life given my superclyde weight class, but an asymmetric spoke hole drilling would at least make it easier to get good tension on both sides.
The temptation for me are the AR46 - I don't think that I can get away with anything wider with my R3 and they'd be a little wider and a little deeper than my current Assaults (which I could probably sell and break even). If the AR56 weren't 30mm wide, I'd think about a mixed depth 46/56 pair.

Question for the wheelbuilders: without the rim bed spoke holes, how do you get the nipples in place?

Follow-up question: is the additional build hassle worth it when you consider that you don't have to tape up the rims for tubeless use? That would be kind of nice...
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