wheelset suggestions

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Hello, I have a Salsa Cutthroat and I'm looking to upgrade my wheels (Boost hub). I'm planning a 10,000 km bikepacking trip in August, so I'm considering different wheelsets. I’d love recommendations, especially for a hub that’s easy to service anywhere or compatible with DT Swiss parts.

I've been looking at wheelsets with the Goldix 310 hub. From what I understand, I can replace the ratchets with DT 350 ones since it's a copy. That said, I'd love to hear your suggestions for other options as well!

[Serge_K]

I've been defaulting to buying my wheels from Peter from Xiamen carbon speed, for reasons i've repeated 20x here already. You can chat him up on whatsapp and he can help you, including on the hub durability side of things.
Most of the chinese in house hubs are using DT swiss clones, afaik.
Dyneema spokes could be an interesting choice, because in principle, you could carry spare spokes bunched up at the bottom of your frame bag, and these wheels are very comfortable.
Your bike looks like a gravel bike? if you're going to use big tyres, hookless could make sense, because the sidewalls of the rim are supposed to be tougher on a hookless rim (pretty much the only advantage of hookless), so if you run straight into a boulder, hookless rims are less likely to break.

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I've been defaulting to buying my wheels from Peter from Xiamen carbon speed, for reasons i've repeated 20x here already. You can chat him up on whatsapp and he can help you, including on the hub durability side of things.
Most of the chinese in house hubs are using DT swiss clones, afaik.
Dyneema spokes could be an interesting choice, because in principle, you could carry spare spokes bunched up at the bottom of your frame bag, and these wheels are very comfortable.
Your bike looks like a gravel bike? if you're going to use big tyres, hookless could make sense, because the sidewalls of the rim are supposed to be tougher on a hookless rim (pretty much the only advantage of hookless), so if you run straight into a boulder, hookless rims are less likely to break.

Yes I’ll contact him, and the bike is sort of like a gravel bike but it’s more mtb than anything. Or gravel bikes are trying to be more like mtb now. Yes the Chinese hubs are copies but sometimes they have their difference and can’t always find replacements. I thought hookless is no go when it comes to tubeless and can go blow up, but I’ll do more search. Thank you! Also bikepackers do carry these light weight spokes and use them as back up on their regular wheels.