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Old 10-29-20, 05:17 PM
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DWhitworth
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6'6" - 340-360lbs.

I have a Vuelta HD set on my road bike which I put on there after multiple "expert" built sets failed or broke spokes within a few hundred miles. I figured the Vuelta would be more of the same, but they were $179 for the PAIR and I gave them a try, 4 years and 7500+miles later, that same wheel is on that bike to this day, perfectly true and going strong. https://www.vueltausa.com/vuelta-whe...mano-1459.html

They don't make a fitment for my thru axle gravel bike, so I went with a Velocity build https://www.velocityusa.com/product/wheels/clydesdale That one has 500 gravel miles on it with no problem.

I started riding in 2013 and have torn up a lot of wheels. In my experience, a bad wheel rarely goes more than 100 miles without a broken spoke and if it breaks another after repair and trueing, it is junk. Obviously the VUelta has passed the test and I have a good feeling about the Velocity gravel wheel as it has taken some hits from a new gravel rider.

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