Originally Posted by
fietsbob
Another way to view it, FWIW,
You have the option of a building premier wheel, certainly, but an adequate one will do .
if you damage it a bike shop will provide a similar reasonable wheel,
if damaged , people still end up buying a lesser wheel, anyhow,
because shops in high season are often too busy to build you a new wheel on the spot..
winter is another story, but thats not the season people are out on the road, by the hundreds.
all else you may be shipping the valuable parts of your 1st wheel home ,
riding on something that is a substitute.
but wheel building is a good skill, to do patch up spoke replacements, etc. in the field...
FWIW... since this is a necro-thread, I'm don't feel too messed up asking a side-line question.....
FietsBOB - I like your viewpoint here!!!!!! I generally like top-quality gear, but for "Touring", top-quality in a bicycle for me is like an F-250 Super-Duty pick-up truck meant for hauling lots of heavy stuff.... meaning basically, "function is beauty's master".
So, ~260lb rider (~260lbs currently, but due to my baseline physicality I will likely never be below 200lbs), plus another ~50lbs gear and the bike (my "Old Ironsides" Schwinn High Plains w/26" wheels with a 130 OLD), what would "an adequate (differentiated from "premier") one (bicycle wheel/hub build)" be for me?