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[Closed] Rims recommendation - cheap + Madison

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Have a spare set of DT 240s hubs I'd like to build into 29er XC / bikepacking wheels for a spare frame I have. Would like suggestions, with following stipulations:

a) cheap (as mentioned before on the forum, I'm poor!)
b) tubeless ready
c) available through a Madison dealer. For various reasons I would like to order via my local shop, who are supplied by Madison.

Any recommendations?


 
Posted : 24/01/2020 8:23 am
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DT Swiss 533d are the cheapest DT MTB rims from Madison, RRP £24.99.

You can browse Madison on Freewheel (and order to your shop if they have signed up).

https://www.freewheel.co.uk/components/wheels/rims


 
Posted : 24/01/2020 8:41 am
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Double the price of above, but lighter, wider and tubeless ready unlike the 533 - I’d go for either X412 or X432 depending on whether you want 22.5 or 25mm internal width.


 
Posted : 24/01/2020 8:56 am
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+ 1 for the X 432, genuinely good rim if you can stetch to £55

Good work suporting your local shop too, we'll mis 'em if they go.


 
Posted : 24/01/2020 9:13 am
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wider and tubeless ready unlike the 533

The DtSwiss site suggests that it is tubeless...

Optional

Tubeless tape 27 mm
Tubeless valve MTB 32 mm


 
Posted : 24/01/2020 9:29 am
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Great recommendation on the X432 - thanks!


 
Posted : 24/01/2020 11:01 am
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@simondbarnes - good spot! I’d always been under the impression that the older extrusions had insufficient bead shelves to work tubeless, but happy to be wrong!


 
Posted : 24/01/2020 11:51 am

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