Tubeless and rim brakes

I definitely worry about this. Even now the options are limited to lightweight and performance oriented (HED Belgium, Velocity Quill) or Burly and heavy (Velo-Orange, Velocity Cliffhanger). It be nice to see something a bit more in the middle. The HED rims are great but very expensive and as a 200lb rider on dirt
and gravel roads you wear them down and bang them up too quick. 

I suppose there might be some limitations on rim width for rim brakes, but my 21mm internal suits my 45mm tires well. 

I really enjoy the lighter weight and smoother feel of rim brakes on my steel dirt-road bike. Good brake that are well set up with proper pads offer a lot of stopping power, same as most quality brakes. I do like the discs on my MTB though. 

Maybe I should start a bike rim company...

bikepunksondope wrote:

I definitely worry about this. Even now the options are limited to lightweight and performance oriented (HED Belgium, Velocity Quill) or Burly and heavy (Velo-Orange, Velocity Cliffhanger). It be nice to see something a bit more in the middle. The HED rims are great but very expensive and as a 200lb rider on dirt
and gravel roads you wear them down and bang them up too quick. 

I suppose there might be some limitations on rim width for rim brakes, but my 21mm internal suits my 45mm tires well. 

I really enjoy the lighter weight and smoother feel of rim brakes on my steel dirt-road bike. Good brake that are well set up with proper pads offer a lot of stopping power, same as most quality brakes. I do like the discs on my MTB though. 

Maybe I should start a bike rim company...

Try Hunt Wheels, they have some mid-priced rim brake options. I own a set, very good.  You can do the Shimano Ultegra level tubeless rim brake for about $500, and DT Swiss has a model in that area - both the Hunt and DT Swiss can even be adapted to XDR drivers for some future proof posture.