Originally Posted by
harshbarj
Neither do I. The spokes have quite a bend coming out of the nipple. All the pre-built wheels I have the spokes are straight. All I need is for it to last 2-3 paychecks, which has been my average between rebuilds so far. I just don't think my local wheel builders know how to actually build wheels (outside of racing wheels). This is now my fifth store and the results are the same. At this point I have run out of bikeshops in a reasonable distance.
Maybe look for a MTB rim with the same or within 2mm ERD. Then just swap the rim over. Lots stronger and built to take abuse. Pretty sad that you don’t have anyone to rely on in your vicinity.
My road wheels were built by Prowheelbuilder over there in the US back when our $$ was doing well. They’ve only needed an adjustment after about 200km but they’ve been true for thousands of km since. Maybe contact them or some other similar company. They seem to know what they’re doing