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I found a couple of those Bontrager wheels in the trash a few years ago; 20 spokes radial front, 28 2-x rear, 9-speed hub. They were a bit worn out by brake wear, but perfectly true; I really don't know why someone chucked them. So I put my summer tires on them and in stead of switching tires when the weather got nasty, I switched the whole wheels. It worked fine, except that I got to liking the lighter wheels so much I didn't switch back to the winter ones. I ended up a whole nother bike as a winter commuter, with dynamo lights and snow tires, and using the one with the Bontragers only during the summer; and more recently I've been riding my folding bike with 16" wheels almost exclusively; so I guess I haven't even put 1000 miles on them yet. But they're holding up fine. I weigh about 165.