I had Peter White build a set for me.......40 spoke, Dyad rims, Phil Wood hubs. Did the Southern Tier with them. I have 13,224 miles on the front wheel. About 4 weeks ago, had to replace the rear rim, so had Peter rebuild the wheel for me, and while he had it in, had him replace the bearings set. I had 13,013 miles on the rear wheel when I had a catastrophic event that damaged the rim I weigh 208 and commute 23 miles R/T most every day. In the 13,000 miles, I retrued them twice, and never had a spoke failure. When I am commuting, in addition to my 208 lbs, I usually carry about 10-15 lbs of "stuff". When credit card touring, I usually carry between 23-28 lbs of "stuff" including the weight of the panniers and handlebar bag. I run Schwalbe Marathon Plus tires, 700 x 28's. Works for me.