I had the idea to try setting up a Raleigh Sports with 650b wheels: aluminum rims, funner fatter tire choices. But new rims are expensive, Lucy! Like clockwork, a 90s-ish Schwinn Mirada appeared in on FB marketplace for a song! It had Alesa aluminum rims that seemed perfect.

But then I was tearing down the wheels and noticed a bent spoke, and the nipple hole there is slightly pulled out. Not sure what happened. The rims are otherwise pretty darn straight and round. Would you use them?