Stans Crest Rims on a Cyclocross Bike

Hi,
I've recently picked up a Boardman Cross bike with disc brakes. I love the bike but I'm not that taken with the wheels. They are Mavic rims with some non-branded hubs.
I'm looking for something pretty tough and I'm not to worried about out and out speed.
I am wondering about steeling the Hope Hoops with Crest rims from my 29 hart tail that I am not using a lot at the moment. I'm planning on running them tubeless with 35mm Rapid Rob Tyres.
I will need to swap the front wheel hub conversions out for QRs but I have them somewhere.
Is there any good reason why these wheels wouldn't work?
I was thinking about getting some Stans Iron Cross on hope hubs, when I have saved up a bit, but have seen the new Grail rims that Stans have come out with.... so these could be a good option depending on the price.
I have Stans/Hope on my mountain bikes and love them which is why I'm looking at them for the cross bikes. I really like the way the Hope hubs are bomb proof and can be easily serviced.
If I'm looking at up to £350 what other wheels should I be looking at?
Thanks
I've recently picked up a Boardman Cross bike with disc brakes. I love the bike but I'm not that taken with the wheels. They are Mavic rims with some non-branded hubs.
I'm looking for something pretty tough and I'm not to worried about out and out speed.
I am wondering about steeling the Hope Hoops with Crest rims from my 29 hart tail that I am not using a lot at the moment. I'm planning on running them tubeless with 35mm Rapid Rob Tyres.
I will need to swap the front wheel hub conversions out for QRs but I have them somewhere.
Is there any good reason why these wheels wouldn't work?
I was thinking about getting some Stans Iron Cross on hope hubs, when I have saved up a bit, but have seen the new Grail rims that Stans have come out with.... so these could be a good option depending on the price.
I have Stans/Hope on my mountain bikes and love them which is why I'm looking at them for the cross bikes. I really like the way the Hope hubs are bomb proof and can be easily serviced.
If I'm looking at up to £350 what other wheels should I be looking at?
Thanks
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Alpha 340 takes all tyres, road included.
As you already have the wheels... as long as you are careful with tyre choice you'll be OK.
You might get a 28mm road tyre on the rim, but you'll never get it off again. The Mich Mud 2s fit OK on the Crests and I would feel confident removing them while out with plastic tyre levels etc. But from what I've read (and tried), tyre choice can be a problem.
I was tempted by the Iron Cross but these won't run high pressure road tyres,
After research the KINESIS CX DISC CYCLOCROSS are good value, but for a few ££ more I got a pair of hand-built circa £300 for Novatec Hubs/ H plus Son Archetype rims.
I'm very pleased with the Archetype / Novatec for the road... made a huge difference and I'm sure they would be more than up to offroad riding. The only reason I have two sets of wheels - just makes it easier to swap over.
novatec do some nice looking new disc wheels, and I hear the new kinesis ones aren't bad either- then there's handbuilts as springtide mentions - you do get a good set of wheels if you go this way.