Originally Posted by
tFUnK
No direct experience with SSR but my experience with other entry level Bontrager wheels was that they are neither lightweight nor strong. That said, probably no worse than the alternative. And free is good.
Yeah, given the consensus is that there isn't a clear cut advantage of one over the other, and that free is indeed good, I think I'll go ahead and mount the SSRs and see how they ride, and keep the current Alex back rim so I can switch back if I want too.