Can we get a death watch on this guy breaking a spoke or going out of true with the weight he wants to carry? The rationalisation that "too many" aluminium wheels have broken spokes is incredible mental backflips. A $25 steelie isn't going to be very strong at all if it's anywhere near as light as he suggests.

Hell, I'll put it on the table right now. I've been using unbranded dual-wall aluminium wheels for about five years. Machine built, with hubs from such exciting names as "shungfeng". Never gone out of true, never broken a spoke. I use my bike to carry a lot of weight because I don't have a car, and I like to ram up curbs for shortcuts. I've tacoed single wall steelies just commuting.