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Old 02-11-13, 09:42 PM
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I put 7k miles on a set of A23's last year. I like them a lot. I did have what appeared to be a fatigue failure on one spoke hole where the nipple tore through the rim. That required replacement of the rear rim after about 5k miles. Velocity took care of it. I still like them, and have since bought another set for my wife's bike.

I'm a bigger guy at 6'-3" 195# and my wheels are 24-2X front and 28-3X rear. They are nice, stiff, and relatively light and I anticipate that they will carry me through many more miles to come.

Low spoke count and durability are diametrically opposed with any rim. If you care about durability, low spoke count with a 19mm deep rim section, even if it is 23mm wide, is simple another manifestation of the weight-weenieism gone silly in the wheel market of today IMO.

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