Darren approached me after having some serious problems breaking spokes on the factory wheelset on his new bike.  As a bigfella the wheels were just not lasting and he’d broken 3 spokes since December.  His request was pretty simple: a bombproof pair of wheels which won’t break at spoke at 70kph like his last pair.

I used the super-stiff DT Swiss RR1.2 rims.  These 30mm deep rims are not especially light but are very stiff and will have great durability and are perfect for this use.

I matched the rims to DuraAce 7900 hubs.  The titanium freehub body won’t marr from the cogs like a lighter aluminium freehub body would, and these hubs are top quality.

Spokes are DT Swiss Competition and the nipples are brass.  The front is laced 28×2, the rear is 32×3 – clean, simple and super durable.

Funnily enough at 1979 grams these wheels are lighter than the problematic wheels being replaced.

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