I've ridden an 07 San Jose as my primary bike for the last two years, and it's great. You can run fat tires but I run 23s, I also have a rack and fenders. At one point the rear wheel was freewheel only, I dunno what model year that changed, but the stock wheels I have (Bianchi hubs to Alex A-Class solo rims, 28/28 two cross(!!)) have held up very well considering. I'm almost 200 pounds and often have panniers on the rack and/or a bag on my back, and I have ridden them hard for two years, all winter the first year, but they have been very sturdy. No broken spokes, and very little truing needed. My only complaints are the bb could be stiffer and that the front brake shrieks. I tried pads flat, toed in, toed in aggressively, and toed out aggressively, and the latter is strangely the quietest, but they are still loud. A new fork would fix that I guess.