I have owned two sets of these since they became available and have nothing but good things to say about them. Although I now use American Classic CR-350's for training wheels and have American Classic 58mm carbon wheels for roadie road races, I still depend on the the Tempest II's as my primary criterium wheels and find that paired with Veloflex Paves clinchers, they are very nice. The wife and I have both used them as training wheels and in over 10,000 miles of riding, the only problems I have experienced:

• Damaged bearing cover first time I tried to service bearings (failed to read service literature posted on Velomax's website)
• Broken spoke nipple as a result of attempting to true wheel prior to realizing spoke nipples had threadlock compound applied at factory (again failure to RTFM).

Both times the problems where self induced as nothing was wrong other than my perception and in both cases, there would have been nothing wrong with doing absolutely nothing. Velomax, now Easton's technical support was excellent in both cases as I got the wheel rebuilt for $90 when I broke the spoke nipple, and new bearings/covers were only $40 and much easier to install after I RTFM! Finally, I am 6' and currently 170 (racing trim) but when I first got the wheels, I was out of shape and put in a lot of miles on them while I was weighing around 195-200 and still did not have any problems with flex or durability. Velomax even recommends the Tempest II or Orions for heavier riders.

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