We have Dyad rims on 3 of our touring bikes. They are 36 spoke (Wheelsmith double butted) rims used on 130 and 135 mm hubs.
My wife has 29, 000 miles on a set of Dyad rims, with no issues. I hit a large piece of metal on the approach to a bridge at about 25 MPH. The impact put a bulge in the rim, but the rim was still true and round, so I could ride it to a nearby town, Medicine Hat, Alberta. I couldn't use my front brake but the wheel was safe to ride. I called the guy who built the wheels and asked about pounding the bulge back in. He did not think that was a good Idea.
This experience sold me on the durability of Dyad rims.
The bulge is about the 9:00 position.
I about cried when the mechanic at the shop cut out the hub for me. Luckily, the the shop had 1 wheel that would work because we still had about 1,000 mile to go. I had the hub to build up another wheel using a Dyad rim. Between my wife and I we have about 44,000 miles of actual touring on Dyad rims without any issues. None of our Dyad wheels have ever needed truing.
Bianchi Volpe set up for touring: 105 hubs, Dyad rims, Fully loaded.
Last edited by Doug64; 02-15-24 at 12:09 PM.