I'm pretty close to GD. My touring wheels are these and Phils. My bike guy looks at them every six months or so. Gets em in the stand, spins em, laughs. One time had the bike in a front bus rack here in town. Bus gets cut off by car, hits car. Front wheel gets mashed against the bus. Granted could've been a lot worse of a hit on the wheel, the way it worked out, but still. Few minutes of truing and the LBS is laughing again.

So a vote of confidence here.


edit: I was also on a trailer, which is actually muuuuch better for the wheels. So I can't quite speak of loaded touring w/panniers, where those two wheels carry 100% of the weight.