Trispokes

[Auraomega]

Well I've just about had enough of my standard wheels, there's only so many times I can true them out from inner-city cycling and to top it off the hub appears to be damaged! I've been looking at getting some trispokes for a while for long distance stuff and just to make my bike look the sex, my question though is how durable are they realistically? I live in Leicester and the roads here are... well... dreadful! Out of all the cities I've cycled in here has to be one of the worst. I'd be looking to use them as my permanent wheels, but most of my cycling is in the countryside anyway so I only have to negotiate the potholes on my way to the outside.

I figure once they go, they've gone for good with no truing out, but if they stay truer for longer then I might just be able to swallow the costs; my time repairing wheels after all might be worth more than buying some HED3s.

Thoughts and advice?

 

[Auraomega]

What wheels do you currently have?

Just the cheap and nasty stock wheels. Yes I know that's a massive factor in the amount of time I spend truing out, but if I'm going to replace the wheels I might as well go all the way huh?

Who on earth uses trispokes for long distance riding?
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If truing wheels is your problem then get some bombproof hubs and rims

My thoughts were the aero factor might allow less effort for the same speed (thus going further before exhaustion). I had thought about getting some ridiculously sturdy wheels but as mentioned above, if I'm going to get new wheels why not go the whole hog?

I wouldn't fancy riding too far on them though, I don't beleive there is much comfort at all being completely solid.

Hadn't thought of that, might well be a deciding factor!