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Originally Posted by bwilli88
Swapping rims.
I have a nicely built All-road bike with a decent set of wheels consisting Shimano Deore 650 hubs and nice SS spokes and MDA rims. I have a nice set of Mavic A319 rims that are 26mm outside width and the MDAs are 21mm. The Mavics have eyelets while the MDAs do not. I am running Schwalbe Big Apples and am wondering what will happen with those tires going to a wider rim.
Both sets of rims have the same ERD and swapping the rim will entail removing the nipples one at a time and swapping the spoke and nipple over to the new rim, truing, and then tensioning.

Is it worth it in this new time of quarantine here in Cambodia to do this.
I wouldn’t. At least not until something goes wrong with the original rims. ‘Tain’t broke. Don’t fix it. Swapping rims is fairly trivial but if it’s unnecessary, why do it? Ride your current wheels until they break (or try to break them) and go from there.
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