Quote Originally Posted by dgaddis View Post
Interested in hearing your thoughts on the Valor rims, and their long term durability. A rim designed to flex radially, like all the new Stan's carbon rims, is really really bad for spoke life. Early reports I've seen on MTBR, it doesn't seem to take that long before spokes start breaking. But it's hard to get good info, seems like there's not too many of those out in the world, and most who do have them have some sort of sponsorship deal thru a shop, so they're probably a bit reluctant to talk about any issues.
There aren't many Valor wheelsets floating around. I was lucky in that my wheel builder had a complete wheelset; and wanted the Stans 330 hubs for something; so I was able to get the rims and laced up to Industry Nine hubs. I'm a big I9 fan. I have a few hundred miles on this wheelset and it's been great so far. I don't weigh much and am pretty easy on drivetrain; so I imagine the rims will be fine for a long time.