I just had my Peter White wheelset rebuilt by Peter White. They have Phil Wood 40 spoke hubs and I just had a new Mavic rim and spokes put on the front wheel after 24,548 miles. I needed a new rim on the rear after 11,533 miles. I had new bearings put on both hubs. The rear needed it, but since I had the front in, I had him replace that set of bearings also. You need a special tool to replace the Phil Wood bearing sets. I have never had a spoke break. The rim on the front was paper thin due to break wear, but had not failed. The rear rim failed as a result of running over a squirrel that couldn't make up its mind which way to turn to avoid me. The previous rear rim failed after about 12,000 miles due to rider error......the idiot riding the bike (me) hit some road debris at a high rate of speed and dented the rim.

I weigh 208 +/- and commute 23 miles R/T about 200 to 220 days per year for the last 7 years. I also did the Southern Tier in 2009. Carried about 28 lbs plus 4 water bottles on the credit card tour. The Jamis Aurora has yet to fail me.

I run Schwalbe Marathon Plus tires...700 x 28's about 85 PSI on the front and 95 PSI on the rear. This has worked for me.