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After years of faithful service, the sidewalls on my HED Belgium C2 rims are wearing thin.
The hubs and spokes are in good shape, and the rear hub is a PowerTap I am keen on just swapping the rim.
The simple thing to do is to swap to HED Belgium Plus, but these HED rims seem expensive ($150USD, 130GBP) for what is a relatively basic aluminium rim (no eyelets).
So I'd like to find a cheaper alternative, but there doesn't appear to be anything else with 592mm ERD and 32 holes.
Therefore, I am hoping the collective wisdom of Singletrack may suggest any alternative.
The closest I've managed to identify myself is DT R460/Velocity Dyad which are 596ERD so maybe I could use with washers.
Or Mavic Open Pro/Velocity Quill are 589ERD so maybe I could use with long nips.
In summary specs required
700C clincher
Aluminium
Rim Brake
32 Hole
ERD 592mm
Internal width 18-22mm (ideally towards the wider end)
Pacenti SL23 - 591mm ERD, 20mm internal.
Might it be worth changing spokes anyway?
e2a: You may have your long nips/washers back to front
How about the Stans alpha 400 in 32 hole
Size: 700c x 20mm
Colour: Black
Hole: 32
Brakes: Rim
Weight: 425g
ISO: 622 x 17
ERD: 592
Tape Width: 21mm
That I may have in my garage! Never used, bought for a wheel build before I had children.
Thanks for the offer. I'm based in Singapore though. They're also a bit narrow.
Pacenti is an option I'll look at too.
I guess I could get new spokes, It is so much easler just switching the rim without relacing spokes though.
And yes I had my nipples and washers mixed up :-/
Kinlin XR22 rims are a better quality and better value rim than the Pacenti SL23s, with a very similar profile. And available in asymmetric hole drilling, which will even out the drive-and non-drive-side spoke tensions on the rear.
Hi Dan, do you still have these?
I ended up getting Mavic Open Pro UST from a popular website, was listed with an ERD of 594mm so I bought some 16mm nipples to deal with the larger ERD.
But when it arrived I found the ERD is actually 589 mm so I bought some Sapim double square nipples to deal with the smaller ERD.
I messaged the retailer but they ignored me, they're still listing the wrong ERD.
Anyway, the Mavic rim seems pretty good