Seeking rim input

[vernon brooks]

Hello everyone hope you've all enjoyed a casual ride this weekend!

I'm looking for some input on rims. I recently purchased a Bombadil from a member on here and am planning on having new wheels built up. After enduring a painful wait I have received my rear hub from White Industries front will have a generator. Thankfully they were ahead of the initial estimated wait time. I have a set of 48mm RH knobbies that I plan on running once the wheels are build but might switch it up.  

What 650B rims are you running these days? 

Thanks in advance,

Vern

[ascpgh]

Pacenti Brevets have worked well for me, for two years so far. 

Andy Cheatham

Pittsburgh

[Richard Rose]

I have the Velocity Cliffhangers and am happy with them. My 48mm tires work on these rims very well. I could certainly go wider. I think you will find a lot of love for Cliffhangers here.

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[Richard Rose]

The other Velocity option is the Quill. It’s lighter but I think they suggest 47mm tires max.

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Hello everyone hope you've all enjoyed a casual ride this weekend!

[iamkeith]

I just got a set of velo orange voyager rims for my saluki.  I don't see a lot of praise for them  - maybe because they are fairly new - but I am pleased with the quality.  At least from a visual standpoint (Haven'tridden them yet.)  Nice tight joint, beautifully polished, and have eyelets which is a priority to me.  It was pretty difficult mounting tires (hetres) on them, but that's probably a function of tubless fit requirements, and Im using tubes. Maybe they'll stretch after the first time.  I think these 42mm tires are about as narrow as you'd want.  50mm should be perfect.

Best thing is that they're inexpensive and available - unlike the brevit rims which are also nice, but narrower, lighter and less stiff.

[lconley]

My currently installed 650 B rims:

Velocity Quill, polished 36 hole on my Riv custom.

Velocity Cliffhanger, polished 40 hole on my Bombadil.

Velocity Cliffhanger, polished 48 hole on my Riv Keven's Mixte Cargo bike.

Alex DM-23, silver 40 hole on my Hubbuhubbuh.

Alex DM-23, silver 36 hole on my Medium Mountain Mixte.

Velocity Cliffhanger, black 36 hole on the rear of my Crustendell Clementine Clydesdale Cargo Cycle.

Velocity Atlas, silver 40 hole on my Rosco Baby.

I also have some VO Diagonale, polished 36 hole VO touring wheels in the stash, I have had them installed on various bike in the past, they were the 1st wheelset on the Bombadil.

All are good. The Velocity Quills are the lightest. Many of my Velocity rims were custom ordered due some combination of spoke holes and/or polishing being non-stocked items.

Laing

Delray Beach FL

On Wednesday, August 24, 2022 at 8:51:15 PM UTC-4 plumber...@gmail.com wrote:

[Brent B]

Crust's Rim Brake Rims are really working out for me on my Atlantis and at $105 per rim, they're a pretty good deal. They're very similar to the Pacenti Brevets, but with a slightly wider profile and without the eyelets. Slightly lighter than Brevets and Velocity Quills. I wouldn't put them on a bike that was going to see a lot of rocky trails, but they're stout enough for normal road/trail touring. Only available in 32h, but they are in stock! 

-Brent

[Alexander Chalmers]

I've got an odd wheelset that's Surly disc brake fixed-gear hubs laced to Velocity Quills. Had them a year or two now, and like them. Highest optimal tire width is 47mm according to Velocity, but I'm running 50mm G-Ones and they've worked well. Probably wouldn't want to go too much bigger but I don't have any more room so that wasn't a concern for me anyway.

[Will Boericke]

Velocity A23 can also be had in 650b.

[David Person]

For rim brake bikes, I prefer rims with machined sidewalls.  Velocity Quills are my fav.

[brizbarn]

Cliffhangers are great. Wider than a lot of other rims, so I think your tire will probably be closer to the marked width.  They are also tubeless compatible, which is at least nice to have that option even if you don't run it.  I run 700c silver 32h with 29 x 2.2" Terravail tires, not 650b but I'm sure that size is great as well. Plenty tough, but not exactly light.  I've also run a Velocity Dyad and they are super tough too. I like the US made factor as well.

[Jacob]

I'm running 36h 650b Cliffhangers with 57mm G-One "All-Around". Because the rims are tubeless compatible, changing a tubed tire takes a little more patience — that's not a deal-breaker for me, but may be for some. I've had them for years and have zero complaints. On a side note, working with Velocity was a nice experience: great customer service and accurate time estimates.