Hello,

What do people look for in a "good" set of wheels and are a bettet set noticeably better if you are weighed down by gear and not in a race scenario? I mostly ride gravel (not much technical but lots of rocks and washboardy paths) and road.

I currently have the stock wheels that came on a Cannondale Topstone 105 and want to get a dynamo hub but I'm not sure if it's worth upgrading (I'm looking at the Hunt Superdura dynamo wheelset - anyone have good/bad experience with these wheels?) or if I should just buy the hub and have it put into my current wheel. I don't have enough experience to really weigh the pros/cons, but I know my current wheels are getting a little beat up (according to local shop they are beyond getting trued again... but ride fine to me) and by the time the hub is bought and installed there isn't a massive dollar savings (maybe a little less than half the price).

What are other people's thoughts? Is it worth the extra money to buy a new wheel set or would most people likely be just as happy buying the hub? I still need a few other peices of gear so it'd be nice to save a bit of money where possible, but having an extra, non-dynamo, wheelset might not be the worse thing either...

Sorry for the rambling question and probably hard to answer without knowing more but any advice is appreciated!

Thanks!

Hello,

With a fully loaded bike how do most people go to stores? This isn't an issue when grabbing a few things from a gas station,  but when resupplying at a big grocery store I'm not comfortable leaving the bike out front.

Thanks!