Hi I’m looking for some cheapish rims 30 mm – any ideas of the best??

Internal or external? Velocity blunt are worth a look. And spank oozy? less sure about that one.

Easton ARC 30

DT XM 481

Not cheap, but very nice.

30mm ain’t wide! I’m hearing good things about Light Bicycle Rims, 35-38mm wide.

Again, internal or external?

30mm internal (Like the DT XM 481’s) usually mean an external width of around 34-35 mm are are pretty damn wide, you’ll need to be running some pretty chunky rubber to get an advantage from them.

30 mm external usually translates to around 24-25 mm internal, which is a bit more ‘normal’ and can be used with most 2.2-2.4″ rubber. The DT EX 471 is 25 mm internal to give you an idea.

I wish all rim brands would just use internal diameters as that’s what decides the tyre profile and it would end all this confusion.

I meant around 30mm internal… but I’m happy to be persuaded to go narrower or wider…