Price Paid:  $0.00 at Terre Haute Cycling

Favorite Ride:
Anything hilly

Bike Setup:
Trek 1200

Summary:
Wow I am surprised at the reviews. This wheel set came on my Trek 1200. Since I purchased this bike new 2 years ago I have put somwhere between 5-6 thousand miles on them. I have never had any problems what so ever. They have been wonderful wheels especially considering that some of the roads that I ride on are horrible at best. Yes I have had to true them a few times but I don't blame the rims as much as I am always blaming the transportation department. To me they have been great wheels.

Strengths:
Durable and tough

Weaknesses:
Somewhat heavy.

Similar Products Used:
none

Price Paid:  $0.00 at came with bike

Favorite Ride:
Lancaster County

Bike Setup:
Specialized Allez Triple all stock

Summary:
Sorry, but my experience with the Alex 400's have been fine. I have about 1,700 miles on 'em now and haven't had a problem. Perhaps I'm not riding them as hard as the other reviewers but I'm 200 lbs. so it probably not a weight issue. Mine have stays true and haven't broken a single spoke. Go figure....

Price Paid:  $0.00 at Came with bike

Favorite Ride:
The ones with beer at the end

Summary:
I don't know where to begin. This wheelset left me stranded more than once. More specifically the rear wheel. I had about 400 trouble free miles then al H%$^ broke loose in the form of broken spokes on the cassette side. Replace spoke, true wheel, ride 15 miles break different spoke. The came on my Specialized Sequoia. The are now in the trash. If you bought a bike with these wheels and you weigh over 200 lbs I suggest you start shopping for a new wheelset!

Strengths:
None

Weaknesses:
See review. A little disappointed that I can't rate these lower than a one.

Price Paid:  $0.00 at Bob's

Favorite Ride:
any

Bike Setup:
Stock specialized Allez sport

Summary:
THIS REVIEW IS FOR ALEX AT400 w/ STOCK SPECIALIZED HUBS. Here's my story, I'm a 240 pound mtn biker who started riding on the road for training. I spent a year and half riding only when I wasn't on the trails and these wheels did fine. a few months ago I started training for a local MS 150 ride and when I started putting in serious miles, the front wheel started coming to pieces. During the ride, 14 miles from the finish, I had two spokes break at the nipples. Only race or ride I haven't finished, ever!
They came with the bike, I'm hard on wheels (and heavy, I know), and lasted this long so I can't say too much, but I don't want someone who is putting real miles on a bike to pay for the same problems I have had or to have to ride across a finish line on 4 wheels with the bike on the rack.

Strengths:
They're great if you don't ride more than 25-30 miles/week.

Weaknesses:
See above.

Similar Products Used:
None, they came with the bike. Just got a set of Mavic Cosmos and will review after some miles. I hope to see alot of improvement.

Price Paid:  $250.00 at Online

Favorite Ride:
KLAMOUTH RIVER

Bike Setup:
15.5 lbs road bike with ultegra quality components.

Summary:
I have the alex 440sl they are light and roll fine but the wheels went out of true very fast. This is not a problem with me because i dont mind truing my rear wheel every 3rd ride. I am thinking about putting some locktight on the nipple and spoke but somehow i dont think it will solve the constant problem of the wheel going out of true all the time. But so far i am happy with them. I clean my bike after every ride and check the wheels for trueness. Caution they are flimsy especially in downhill decents. I weigh 185lbs and they seem to shake when going fast downhill. I can also feel them flex when i start up on the bike to get up to speed. They weigh 1580 grams for the wheelset. They are problably rated for a rider 200 lbs or less. I was pushed into a grate by another car and the rear wheel go caught made a dent in the side of the rim but it should be easy enough to fix.

Strengths:
Roll fairly well, i am talking about the rolling resistance, not the downhill stability, and they are fairly light

Weaknesses:
unstable on fast decents,flex under load example when you are sprinting to get your bike up to speed or going around a corner fairly fast. They go out of true fairly easily.

Similar Products Used:
I just got back on a bike after 25 years. I used to ride a Nikishi sport touring bike. Average ride at that time was 70 miles a day.