WTB: 10sp rear wheel / wheelset

[aicabsolut]

Are they the black wheels with the super bladed spokes? 16 on both front and rear? (I have 16/20). I think my BF has a set...but he won't let me use them now that he switched to 10sp, because I think they're his only 10sp compatible backup wheels now. You scared me a bit with the pinch flat thing---but you know, I kept getting pinch flats on my rear with one tire. I think the tire was just a dud, but I couldn't SEE a problem. I switched to wider rim tape and put on new tires and things have been better.

I'd consider them...at least the rear for a trainer wheel. Maybe the set for wheel pit wheels. What would you want for them?

[aicabsolut]

Hmmm... I looked at some reviews and talked to the BF, and it seems that Shimano made some big improvements between the 540s and 560s on spoke attachment. Seems plenty of people breaking the 540 spokes. Hopefully that wouldn't be a problem for me at 125-130lbs, but I think I'd be less inclined to use them for training (lots of potholes around here) and more for just spares. My BF won't do long training rides on his. So, I'd be looking at not paying much at all for 540s.

Of course, I only got my front 16 spoke wheel untrue once, and that was due to an emergency stop where I couldn't get unclipped, and I wound up falling on the wheel. It wasn't even that out of true.

[Eden]

Technically they are the hubby's so I'll ask him if he wants to sell them and what he'd be interested in getting for them. I do think they are strong enough. He's over 6 foot and about 190 during the race season and he never had a problem with breaking spokes or the wheels going out of true - just the pinch flat thing....