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Ugh open sports are the worst - I went through 4 rims in 6 months. Also have those horrible grooves in the brake surface.
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Yeah, I think i'm just going to get the wheels built with the TB14s. Most people have had a good experience on them. I guess it really depends on how they build them and how much tension are put into the spokes.
dan
Tonzaman
@t_w
I've only built a few TB14s up but I have not seen any of the problems described here. Built one up for a big, heavy guy and he wore the braking surface out due to a combination of loving the brakes too much and heavy commuter mileage, but that took him a year and half.
If you really want to change rims then maybe consider a destickered Open Sport. Though not as wide as TB14 if you want a classic look on a budget it would be fine especially as it's made from 6106 alloy and not the softer Maxtal used in the higher end of the Mavic range. If you're not careful brake pads eat into that Maxtal like it's cheese.
But since you have the TB14s already I'd say just get them built.