Let me provide you with my experience. I purchased a set of brand new $1,250 wheels last year with a bit of a discount (in other words I got a deal on really good wheels). I signed up to do my first ever century. 31 miles in, the rear wheel ended up falling a part pretty much. So, I paid for a century, did 31 miles out of 100, and had to pay a fee to get them repaired because said company considered the riding style a race and said damage was consistent with a crash. Sure I crashed, after the wheel feel a part. Now of course this isn't going to happen to you or anyone else for that matter. I can also comfortably say no matter the wheel or the price, I can make it slow. Damn slow!