I don't get along with spoke wheels because in spite of the rubber lining coating the heads of the spoke bolts on the interior of the wheel, and no matter how carefully I installed the rubber lining and the inner-tube, every few weeks I would get a pin-hole leak where the inner-tube meets the interior of the wheel. "Why don't you try a better rim band?" I am told. I sent away on ebay for some solid magnesium wheels and that was the end of my surprise pin-hole leaks. The wheels cost almost as much as the bike but I am sure I would in a few years spend more on replacement inner-tubes when the patches inexorably go to hell on me.