Clincher? Rim brake? Where do you leave? You don’t even have to build one. You can find several in Facebook market place or on eBay. I would buy old Zipp 808, HED, Enve or any other name brand wheel. Building a wheel is too much hassle.

Thanks for the reply. I have a power tap hub that I want to use on the rear. That’s why the need for a rim. Clincher. Rim break.

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Habitual line stepper.

Then, have you considered building an aluminum rim, then put an aero disc cover on? That would be cheaper, stronger, safer and faster than 80mm carbon

I would second this as well. Most bang for the money unless this is for the road bike and you don’t want to use a disc in the back.

It's well worth mentioning - because it's so often overlooked - that one of the *big* things that the move to disc brakes has done is fling the doors wide open for open mold and inexpensive carbon rim manufacturers. It is much, much easier to make a carbon rim when you don't need to worry about the braking surface. There are very, very few manufacturers that still make really good all carbon clincher rims, and an even smaller number that make one that you should run tubeless.

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