Well, the pros wouldn't care so much about durability and wheels staying in true for years, would they? They'd just flip on a new carbon fiber-titanium-uranium wheel, whatever. I really don't know if tying and soldering is a good thing to do or not. Hardly anyone does it anymore, tho it does seem to be resurfacing. Everything old is new again. I rarely bother with it any more. The thing I posted before was just an interesting anecdotal bit of evidence, though, whatever that's worth. I was amazed to see that wheel still perfectly true after all these years.