glad to get some guidance about what constitutes quality rims. i ride every day as i have no car. i am on a second rear wheel after 1-1/4 years of bike use.
i also was too late to save my rear freewheel and have to use a different chainwheel and rear sprockets combination, after i put on a new chain. so from now on i will use my newly purchased park chain wear gauge on a monthly basis. fortunately for my modest bike a freewheel only costs about 13 dollars. (the bike is a fuji absolute 5.0, 2012 model).