Road Cycling - Bomb proof wheels

I am looking at buying some new wheels in about 1 month and remember a thread about bomb proof wheels but cant find it :( Anyone point me to the thred or have any suggestions ? I want something that does not need truing every month :D

Ksyrium SSC/SL.
I just bought a set recently. They are stiff, fast, fairly light and SOLID.
The Ksyrium Elites are supposed to be good as well.
And of course, as always, the ubiquitious, Mavic Open Pro rim, laced to the hub of your choice with at least 32 spokes. Supposed to be good enough for just about anything.

http://www.roadbikereview.com/Wheelsets/PLS_2490_912crx.aspx

What chip said. I have both Mavic wheelsets mentioned above and they take hit after hit and stay PERFECTLY true. I weigh 210 and bike hard and these wheels have never let me down.

Velomax ......any of them. Orion II's are the toughest for heavy riders but the whole line is solid.

I seen a guy cruising through my town with spokeless wheels. I guess they were some type of carbon fiber, they had about 3 or 4 spokes.

I,m 190 lbs and losing it daily so my weight isn't a problem. Thanks for the suggestions, I'll look into them

I have a velocity arrowhead 32 spoke radial laced wheel in front that has been very strong I weigh about 245. and this is a racing bike. I wanted a strong rear wheel as I am always having to tune the mavic open pro 32 spoke. So I was going to get a 48 spoke velocity deep v. well my mechanic calls up his wheel builder for velocity (he usually build them himself) and the guy said a 350 pound fellow used the deep v’s 36 spoke and 4 cross with no problems on a 3000 mile tour that's what I am getting. So far I have been pretty happy with the arrowhead’s. plus the cost is good. I can get the velocity wheel with a sealed cartridge bearing hub for about 150.00 the front hub is so smooth it was hard to tell it had bearings.

If you're not worried at all about weight, and you want a TOTALLY BOMB PROOF rim, I recommend the Rigida DP18 (30mm dish), the Velocity Deep V (also 30mm dish), FIR SRG30, or the FIR NET97. If you want a little bit lighter, there's the Rigida DPX.

If you can still find some Mavic CXP30s, they're as good as all the others.

I weigh 190 with a 20 pound rack trunk and hurl abuse upon my Mavic Open Pros. I have not had to true them in 4000 miles so far and I commute on them. My commute includes dirt roads and I use 23c tires so the rims geta good working over every day. Oh yeah, and they have a 32 spoke count. I consider these as bomb proof as you can get.

Mavic open pro's it is, thanks everyone

Velomax ......any of them. Orion II's are the toughest for heavy riders but the whole line is solid.

I just e-mailed Velomax and told them i was 6' 192lbs and they said the Curcuits were for me.

Mavic open pro's it is, thanks everyone

myself velocity arrowheads are a stronger wheel plus they look nicer too. and you can get a choice of colors.
http://www.velocityusa.com/

You guys with the Ksyrium SSC/SL watch your rims for cracks in the center of the rim, where the spokes tie down. i just had to send my rear wheel in for replacement, i had them 9 months and im only 140lbs. the bike shop says its common and reading on the net lots people are complaing about the same problem. another thing is the free wheel is finicky (tight). im considering dura ace wheels, velomax, or Topilinos the mavics will be my training wheels.

same with the ma3 I only got 600 miles from mine. then I found out it was a big problem with them.

Before you spend on new rims, you might try to re-tension your wheels. Many wheels have not enough tension in the spokes and tend to disadjust themselves because of that.

Once a wheel is true, if you can't play music with the spokes, you might add something like 1/4 or 1/2 turn with a spoke wrench.

Sheldon Brown has an article on wheelbuilding where he explais it a bit.

Mavic Open Pros are good wheels but you do pay more for brand advertising. There are other wheel manufactures on the market that make just as good of a wheel for about third less per wheel; including Torelli Master Series (silver) and Sun and both of those rims are double eyelited for added strength. If you want a real bomb proof setup go with 36 spokes on the rear and 32 on the front using DT Competition spokes laced 3x and DT alloy nipples if your a weight wennie or brass if you want long term durability.

I weigh 163 and use 36 spoke Torelli rims all around with DT Competition and rarely have to adjust them even just a tad and I have about 30,000 miles on them.

I'm not sure that Open Pros are known
for their bomb proofynessability