--- In tallrides@yahoogroups.com, Fred Nelson <bigkahuna47@...> wrote:
>
> Thanks, I was worried about the wheels!
>
> fred

There are lots of good options for nice wheels for big folks.

The popularity of cyclocross has helped us large people immensely.
Mavic makes several very strong 700C rims available in 36 hole
configurations. Build these up with nice stainless spokes, either 14g
or 14/15/14 butted spokes, and you have a relatively light wheelset
that is pretty near bomb-proof, especially if you build it up on ATB
hubs (or, if you have more money than God, on a nice set of Phil Wood
hubs).

My main ride at the moment is a bike I designed as the
proof-of-concept frame for the Cycles Valhalla 2XLT. It is a
"virtual" 68cm road frame. I had Allan Wanta in California do the
actual frame building for me, to my design:

http://www.cyclofiend.com/cc/2006/cc152-forbesbb0906.html

The wheels are built with Sun CRT16II 40 hole rims and Sansin tandem
hubs. They are generally bomb-proof and not too terribly heavy,
although the Suntour cassette body is a bit problematic. I suppose
that if I were to build up another wheel set for the bike, I would use
the same rims, or some 40h CR18s, with Shimano Deore XT tandem hubs.
Now THAT would be a bomb-proof wheelset!!

Yours,

Forbes Bagatelle-Black
6'6", ~250lb