SDRider

Last night on my ride home from work it was dark out for the last few miles and as I was flying down this one slightly downhill stretch at about 25mph I rode over a few really rough patches in the road pretty hard that weren't in the best shape but nothing happened to the wheels. Then a minute or so later I was going over a train crossing at about 19mph and really hit the front wheel hard on something but again, no damage. Wheels are still true and strong.

It's funny, I was thinking after those two incidents of going back to my mtb for commuting duties until it stays light enough so I can actually see the road on my ride home.

BTW-I am riding on Aerohead Velocity rims laced to Speedcific hubs. Got them back in October.

LowCel 

Very nice. I've got a pair of his wheels (american classic hubs laced to DT Swiss RR 1.1 rims with wheelsmith spokes) and they are amazing. I have had them 1.5 years now and have only needed to true them twice. Both times were after crashes.

Cadd

So, is it 600 miles or 700 miles? Unless you rode a century in under 60 seconds

johnny99

Even the cheapest wheels shouldn't have any issues at 700 miles. Give us an update when you get to 7000 miles.

SDRider

No, I was thinking back and it's been about 700 miles. I have just under 900 miles on the bike and I think I had about 200 on the bike when I got the wheels. My bad.

blandin

I've had my MG Aeroheads for a year now. Just as nice today and when they came out of the box.

SDRider

That's true. They took a few good hits last night though and came through unscathed. That was the main point of this thread.

BTW-The cheapest wheels (the ALEX wheels that my bike came with) had issues at less than 100 miles. I wouldn't trust them to 700 let alone 7000 miles.

umd

I broke a spoke on my ALEX AT400 at about 1200 miles. Other than that they haven't had any problems and have remained remarkably true, but I hate them for other other reasons. Which ALEX wheels did you have?

SDRider

ALX220. I had a popping noise coming from the freehub which had to be replaced. Never had any broken spokes or truing problems but they were pretty flexy. I tend to throw the bike back and forth when climbing out of the saddle and it just felt kind of mushy (for lack of a better term) in those situations. The MG wheels are much stiffer and they are lighter.

The 20 spoke front wheel wasn't exactly confidence inspiring on 45mph descents either.

Mr. Beanz

SDRider, for your safety ,keep your eye on them for a while! I was doing tour De Cure century in Riverside a while back. I hit a rr-track pretty hard. Looked at my wheel and all was fine, even perfect. Thirty miles later, it did the dance!

Sometimes a hit can set them off by loosening the tension on some of the spokes, and won't be noticeable for a while.

Not sure how long you rode them after the hit or how long your commute is, but keep your eyes open!

SDRider

Thanks, will do. I was about a mile from home when the RR track incident occured.