I notice that most of the wheel reviews reflect relatively low mileage usage. It's easy to be enthusiastic about new wheels with 1000 km on them or so (I am equally guilty of this), but there are very few reviews that reflect high mileage use.

Rol wheels (rolwheels.com) advertises their SL28 as being good for 10,000 miles per season with no maintenance. These wheels have good reviews, but again, there are no high mileage reviews. Does anyone have any real-life experience with these wheels beyond, let's say 5,000 miles?

What I'm looking for is a set of wheels that are durable, reasonably light (1600-1800 grams), and don't require tweaking and maintenance every 2000 km.

For the record, I am a recreational rider. I do about 4,000-5,000 km per year, all the hills I can find. I weigh 170#

I became suspicious when I read "SL28" in your post. It appears as though "rolwheels" is a "re-badger" and redistributor of Neuvation wheels. The real deal is to be had here (at a savings to you as well!):

http://www.neuvationcycling.com/wheels/r28sl2.html

Get ’em while they’re still in stock!

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention, that you ought to read the reviews on the Neuvation SL28 wheels here on the site. I can only offer the opinion that I am happy with my SuperGo-branded Neuvation wheels. They are relatively and strong.

The rol wheels are 1710 grams. The Neuvation R28 SL2 are 1530 grams. The Rol wheels are $195. The Neuvations are $295.

BTW, how reliable have your wheels been? How many miles do they have on them? What sort of maintenance has been required?

I've never heard of these "rol wheels."

$200? Can't go wrong at that price, even if they tank.

"Don't require tweaking and maintenance every 2000 km." Er, what do you mean? Like, truing?

I'm not sure what you're going to do with a 1700-gm wheelset like this that you're not going to do with the benchmark set of open pros.

I've never heard of these "rol wheels."

$200? Can't go wrong at that price, even if they tank.

"Don't require tweaking and maintenance every 2000 km." Er, what do you mean? Like, truing?

I'm not sure what you're going to do with a 1700-gm wheelset like this that you're not going to do with the benchmark set of open pros.

Love that marketing. Exactly what well built wheels need tweaking and maintenance every 2000 km? Mine haven't. I'd say that might be the definition of a set of not so well built wheels.....It'd be interesting to hear or see exactly what Rol thinks they've discovered that other wheel builders don't know.

i thougth too that in their site - it did not mention sealed bearings i think? i might be wrong .all other products they have higher than the wheels mentioned described has sealed .

I haven’t done anything to my Supergo-badged Neuvations other than ride on them. I’ve put over 2,400 miles on them without having to do anything at all to them. Oh, these are the ones with 16 spokes front, 20 spokes rear, and use the flat bladed “aero” profile.

I've had those Supergo-branded wheels before, and they held up pretty well for about 2K miles. I also had the very similar looking XeroLite XR-1s (made by Formula?). They were only 1530 grams and were hella cheap (around $200-240). I had no problems with them, but the bike they were on got stolen, so I didn't get to put more than 1K on them, but I'd definitely by a set to back up my current Easton Circuits.