Carpe Velo
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
Posts: 2,519
Bikes: 2000 Bianchi Veloce, '88 Schwinn Prologue, '90 Bianchi Volpe,'94 Yokota Grizzly Peak, Yokota Enterprise, '16 Diamondback Haanjo, '91 Bianchi Boardwalk, Ellsworth cruiser
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I'd agree that the main reason you killed the wheels was that you had a cheapie. Even a lower end bike store model should hold up reasonably well. I had a $250 Gary Fisher Wahoo that I bought about 10 years ago. Finally busted a spoke this past summer and it took the wheel far enough out of true that it was unrepairable. But it lasted 10 years.