Originally Posted by
WhyFi
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...
You have to insert each nipple through the valve stem hole, then drag it through the rim with a magnet. And since aluminum/bass are non-ferrous metals, you have to thread a steel screw onto each one in order for them to work with the magnet...it sounds pretty tedious, and personally, I wouldn't want to do it.
EDIT: Noodle beat me to it