FWIW. Just a thought ...
For the near term, maybe you should just replace the current rim on your damaged front wheel with a similar rim ...
And postpone replacing the wheelset with a more expensive wheelset until
after you manage to scope out the cousins of the particular pothole because if you encounter one of THEM with your future high-zoot wheelset then you will be mightily disappointed.
BTW. Thanks in part to ever improving tire technology (
i.e., tubeless AND less carcass weight), the current trend for clincher rims for the
cognoscenti is
622-17 ... that may be a passing fad just as narrow 700x20 tires were popular with
the same crowd for decades ...
- I've got a sent of vintage UKAI rims which are 622-17 ...
- in other words, what's old is new to some people!
If you truly feel ready for a new wheelset, then 'I' recommend that you find a wheelbuilder (
hey, a semi-custom wheelset from COLORADO CYCLIST, EXCEL, etc. are almost as good if not as good as a custom wheelset from a good wheelbuilder) & have him-or-her lace up a set of wheels on either a set of
Shimano Ultegra OR
DT Swiss 240 hubs ...
let your wheelbuilder recommend the rims.
- current Shimano hubs at the high end are being superseded with 11-speed hubs THAT should already be true for current Dura Ace hubs
- and certainly, be true for Ultegra hubs after September 1st
[*] same is probably true for many OTHER hub brands
[*] so, even if you are not planning on updating to 11-speeds in the future, you may nonetheless want to have hubs which ARE 11-speed compatible