Ten 40 hole rims!?! Two is a lifetiime supply for us! Especially considering we`re probably going to switch to a Bike Friday with 20" wheels in a few more years.

I`m going to nitpick a little here, but the rim I "absolutely don`t want" (not "would NEVER buy") is the Rhinolite. I didn`t mention the name partly because I don`t want to badmouth what`s probably a good solid rim at a great price. The reasons I`m so set against them is that they`re so dang wide and (IMO) butt ugly, especially with a sub 2" tire. If I hadn`t found what I really wanted, I suppose I`d have bought a pair of them and just gotten used to them.

It seems to me that CR 18 comes in 40h for 700, but I don`t think they offer 559 in that drilling, or it would have on my list too. "Nightmare" is probably an overstatement for the Deep V, I still stand by my statement that they`re expensive. If there`s a Mavic 559 in 40h, I didn`t see any for sale. What I really wanted was Aeroheat- my favorite for just about any use. I finally got ahold of two of them and I`m happy now. As I said in another thread though, they seem to be unavailable again- I imagine they`ll be back in a few more months, then sell out once again. No matter how you slice it, 40 hole 559s are in very limited supply and I definitely don`t recomend them unless somebody has a very good reason to buck the norm. Life is just so much easier with 32 or 36.