I use my Giant Cypress ST for utilitarian purposes, when I do haul something it is usually a leaf blower and a gallon of gas, really quaint when compared with what everyone here carries.

My rear wheel, is out of true and has been losing tension, for the moment it still works well, but I am considering purchasing a new wheel set as either backup or to replace immediately, I'm interested in aluminium for whatever reason.

My concern is the weight that would be on top of the wheel, I'm not exacly light at 210lbs, the bike manual refers that maximum load would be 250lbs for rider and cargo, so I would need a sturdy wheel that would handle my weight as well as any cargo I may have, and of course, need not to be heavy.

Any sugestions?

Edit: Budget, probably should mention that huh, would like to stay under $300, I realize that this is as much as the bike costs, but why buy another one?

Visit a bike shop, the dealer that sold you the bike ? .. Im not seeing you, they can.

it likely needs routine service, that it did not receive.

its not a heavy hauling vehicle, you need a trailer to take over that task.
then the Bike is just a towing vehicle.

Handbuilt properly tensioned wheels will go a long ways in the durability department. But I agree with fietsbob...get a trailer for hauling the heavier stuff, especially if you are on the heavy side yourself.

Aaron

As fietsbob said, a bike shop can re-build your current wheel (and true/tension the front while they are at it) for much less than a new set of wheels. A well built wheel will be quite durable. At least the Cypress wheels are 36 spoke, which is a good minimum for utility use.
A gallon of gas weighs about 8 lbs, your leaf blower probably about the same. That's well within the reasonable range to carry on your bike.

That's the thing, I took the back wheel to a LBS to have it retensioned and trued, what I got was a reply of "for this quality wheel, there's not really much we can do to it" to which I don't know how to take if it's not worthy enough of their work or if they are actually telling me the truth, had the impression that they were doing me a favor.

Then I thought for the same ammount of money I would end up spending on two wheels, I just about could buy a worksman.

Also, I live in rural US, the closest LBS, which is the one I went to is 40 miles away, not convinient for me to go there, the LBS in which I bought the bike was a few hundred miles away from where I live.

A trailer? Would that be something really necessary? It is not a big thing we're talking about, it's a hand held blower, and it's not heavy for what it is a 24pk of pop is heavier than this blower and a lot of you seem to haul it on your bikes with no trailers.

I suspect you have a very inexpensive wheel. Learn to build your own. Use 14 gauge stainless steel spokes, double wall rims with eyelets. You can probably reuse your current hubs. Spokes are ~$18 a wheel I use Sun-Ringle CR-18 rims for most of my stuff they run less than $40 quite often in the low $30 range. Labor can run ~$20-35 a wheel if you pay to have it done. I hand built a set of wheels back in 1976 I still have those wheels and they still roll true after a loaded transcontinental tour and many, many miles of training rides. I have had "factory" wheels that were crap right out of the box, had to replace a couple under warranty and was not satisfied until I built new wheels using the original hubs.

Aaron

You know I like that idea, thanks for the info.