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Old 02-06-09 | 09:37 AM
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Originally Posted by sauerwald
I am in the process of building my ultimate commuter bike - I am not as heavy as you are, but I carry a lot of heavy loads to/from work, so I wanted an overbuilt wheelset. My rear wheel is a phil-wood, 36 spoke with a Mavic A719 rims, DT-swiss spokes. My hope is that this wheel will give me many miles of use.
Not overbuilt...just prudent I have Phillies on my commuting bike and touring bike with DT Alpine III spokes. Both have thousands of trouble free miles.

The hubs and rims are less important than the spokes however. A crap hub and a crap rim would shine with the Alpines.
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