[QUOTE=Tourist in MSN;20023248] Wheels are pretty robust these days, not prone to failure. And if your concern is specific to the rims on wheels that use rim brakes, I have no such concerns. All of my bikes have rim brakes except one has a disc on back and rim brake on front.

Just yesterday I wore out my rear wheel it failed at the joint and only 30 miles from home. it WAS a single wall 26" matrix ALM, 36 hole, 7 speed freewheel. It had about 30k miles on it and only 9 years old, go figure crap happens. Ordered a better wheel and "wheel" see how that goes. But at the same time a 2018 CO-OP ADV1.1 will be under the tree in a few weeks