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Learn how to build and true your own wheels after they take care of the rear wheel. A front wheel is much easier to learn how to build, IMO.
The most important thing about any wheel that you buy, if you don't know the smith who picked the spokes and built it up for you, is to make sure it has been tensioned properly. Poorly tensioned wheels will continue to break spokes, even as you replace the broken ones and re-true the wheel.
I ride a stock 32h DA16 with Deore on my Cross Check Complete. I had the wheels de/re-tensioned before picking up the bike, and they've been great. One truing at ~300 miles, and the rear wheel needs a minor (< 1mm) adjustment now that I've got 5000 miles on it.
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