Originally Posted by Maelochs

So ..... how often is it that windy? And if it was so windy that 25-mm deep rims were too deep, what is the solution? Leave the wheels off?

I assume this is the first time you have ever in your life tried to ride in such conditions ..... multiply age by two, divide by rides per year, and those are sort of the odds of ever seeing it again.

I'd say, on the one-in-ten-thousand chance that the wind is that bad again, changing brake shoes (10-minute job) and swapping to your old wheels would be a better option than multi-hundreds or more for a set of wheels you might never use.

That's just me.