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Patrick C.:
I'm a little late to the thread, but have you considered building your own?  Either way $500 should be plenty, but I got a lot of satisfaction from building my wheels.  I've gotten two sets of carbon rims from Peter, one 29" with 25 mm internal width and one 27.5" with 35 mm internal width.   Both are for my -057.  Building them up was no trouble at all, following some online calculators for getting the right spoke size and how to put them together.  If I was doing it again I think I would go with a 35 mm internal 29" rim.  The -057 frame is too narrow to fit really large tires, but a 2.4" tire on the wide rim gives great cornering and at 200 lbs I can run 18-20 psi in the rear.

On both wheelsets I used DT Revolution spokes.  No problems, even with my weight riding on lots of rocks and roots (Southeast US trails).   

I used DT Swiss 350s on the 29" rims and they have been great.  For the wider 27.5" rims I decided to try XT hubs- the pair of hubs costs about the same as the front 350 hub (mine were ~$70 for the set), and they only weigh a couple of ounces more than the 350s.  The XT hubs have been great as well- they have 36 engagement points and have not given any problems, though they are due to be opened up and re-greased.

bdub:

--- Quote from: Patrick C. on May 01, 2017, 02:23:17 PM ---I'm a little late to the thread, but have you considered building your own?  Either way $500 should be plenty, but I got a lot of satisfaction from building my wheels.  I've gotten two sets of carbon rims from Peter, one 29" with 25 mm internal width and one 27.5" with 35 mm internal width.   Both are for my -057.  Building them up was no trouble at all, following some online calculators for getting the right spoke size and how to put them together.  If I was doing it again I think I would go with a 35 mm internal 29" rim.  The -057 frame is too narrow to fit really large tires, but a 2.4" tire on the wide rim gives great cornering and at 200 lbs I can run 18-20 psi in the rear.

On both wheelsets I used DT Revolution spokes.  No problems, even with my weight riding on lots of rocks and roots (Southeast US trails).   

I used DT Swiss 350s on the 29" rims and they have been great.  For the wider 27.5" rims I decided to try XT hubs- the pair of hubs costs about the same as the front 350 hub (mine were ~$70 for the set), and they only weigh a couple of ounces more than the 350s.  The XT hubs have been great as well- they have 36 engagement points and have not given any problems, though they are due to be opened up and re-greased.

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Interesting idea. Did you buy a truing stand and was it hard to do?

Patrick C.:
I did buy a truing stand, but you don't have to.  You can just mount the wheel on the bike for truing, but having a stand certainly makes it easier.  With a stand you can work on it while watching TV or just sitting on the couch.

It is not difficult, but it can be tedious.  Read http://sheldonbrown.com/wheelbuild.html and watch some youtube videos, and you'll be good to go.  More details on my wheels in the prior threads at-
http://chinertown.com/index.php/topic,206.15.html
http://chinertown.com/index.php/topic,697.60.html

lRaphl:
I built my last 4 wheelsets myself using this really nice guide from Mike T. The guy really know what he's talking about.

http://miketechinfo.com/new-tech-wheels-tires.htm


I also used this book to understand more what I was about to do the first time and still refer to it when comes time to lace my wheels.

http://www.wheelpro.co.uk/wheelbuilding/book.php


I'm using this calculator for the spoke lenght but DT swiss also has a great one.

http://www.wheelpro.co.uk/spokecalc/

carbonazza:
like @IRaphl, I don't think I'll buy laced wheels anymore.

The first wheel you build is a bit of a fiddling.
But my first wheelset is still perfectly true, after thousands of kilometres.

The more you do them the quicker and easier it gets.
And as tinkers like we most are, it is a very gratifying work. You should try.

I found the spoke calculator http://www.prowheelbuilder.com/spokelengthcalculator quite good.
It has a big database of hubs/rims that facilitate the entry.

And Roger's Musson book is always on my side too as the reference when I build one.
I have now a pro stand I bought second hand, but in the book, you get a drawing to build a stand that works pretty well.

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