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Old 03-10-15 | 06:22 PM
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Bikes: Fezzari Empire; State 6061 Allroad gravel; Scott Spark; Specialized Status 140

Right....pretty much everyone is spot on with wheel build quality here. In reality, if your using mass produced, OE wheels, they tend to be too high in tension and they use the most cost effective (i.e. cheaper) materials they can get in order to protect profit margins. Even my OE wheels went bad in a few months of heavy riding on my Fuji Roubaix and I get around 175-ish in the summer...not a super heavyweight...not feather light...but I'm generally hard on stuff in the first place. Consider a handbuilt wheel, even if you use your existing rim and hub, a good wheel builder can re-lace it with high quality spokes and you'll have miles of smiles.
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