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Originally Posted by crb07
About ten years ago I was in Northern Germany for a few years working. Lots of rain, a few miles of cobbles and a few sections of semi smooth gravel were part of my normal loop, road bike. I destroyed a set of Bontrager Race X Lites in a matter of a few months. I bought a set of Mavic Kisyriums (can’t spell) off EBay, new, can’t remember the exact model, for about 400 bucks. I could not destroy these wheels. Put them on a cyclocross bike after that and used them til the brakes wore through the rims. Never re-trued them either. I am 200 lbs. Will try to find a model number. The rims are machined out between the spokes.
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Those would be Ksyrium SSC wheels. I have two sets. I am usually pretty rough on wheels and run over everything in the city pretty hard. They stay true and are pretty stiff off the saddle. Eventually, wheels break just from fatigue and the eyelids pop. I fine breaking spoke are really the first sign of wheels going south.
George,
Like John said, get a set of hand build wheels for your touring bike. This way you know the tension on all the spokes are all within specs unlike a machine built wheel. I too like Mavic's Open Pro wheels but I would look for 36 spokes three cross or 4 cross for more durability. I had a pair of 4 cross training wheels a looooog time ago. I couldn't break them if I tried. I think they were Ambrosio, just under 500 grams per rim.