Originally Posted by
abdon
Lately I have grown lazy. I have two wheelsets, a 32 hole, 2mm DT Swiss spokes on Mavic Open Pro rims, and 36 2mm DT Swiss spokes on a Velocity Dyad rim for loaded touring. Having enough spokes on a strong rim minimizes the need for true'ing, so I just take the rear wheels to my LBS on the off season. $10 bucks a pop, instant gratification.
Properly built wheels don't go out of true until you bend the rims on a road obstacle/crash or are removing tension to replace the rim because you've worn out the brake track.
I didn't touch my last front wheel for 12-14 years (broke a leg, grew to over 200 pounds, and discovered that 400 gram rims don't like that) and rear wheel for 5 (crash replacement).