I decided to pick up a new set of rain wheels and got some Alex Race cheap. When I noticed a noise while climbing in my lowest gear, I thought I'd bent my RD since I recently dropped the bike. Turned out one of the spokes was loose -- like finger tight type of loose.. Just for the heck of it, I checked the tension on the other spokes -- I don't think there were any two that were the same tension. How did they even manage that?

Curiously, the wheels seem to ride fine, but I haven't run them through the ringer yet. Still, I won't be crying when I wear these out...