Shimano R 501 Wheels quality question

Just purchased these for my winter bike from Ribble for £68 with skewers which seemed very reasonable. Interested in what they are going to ride like compared to the cheap stock wheels I have on my Giant SCR 2 and particularly interested in durability. Anyone with these wheels have any views?
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As you have bought them, why don't you tell us how they compare with your stock wheels?
2 winters on and they are still good as new despite a lot of night riding with the unavoidable pothole or two. No sign of rim wear, but that's probably helped by the fact that I don't do much braking.
Can't say they feel any different to the RS10s on the carbon bike. Why would they; they were budget wheels too and the only difference is a few extra spokes in the R501s...
I like the fact that with both sets I can faff about with the cup and cone bearings.
I looked at replacing a rear hub on my gf's stock Trek 1000 Bontrager wheels, and it would have cost £28 from an LBS, or spend another £32 and get another set of wheels, and lighter to boot.
The Bonty rear now serves as my turbo wheel too!
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They are good wheels for the money. I did find the bearings went quite quickly but I was riding them in totally sh*t weather and didn't really look after them.
Not sure you will notice any difference between them and stock wheels though.
Don't be put off. It's an easy home maintenance job servicing them.
The issue I had with mine was purely down to riding through all sorts of sh*t and not really maintaining them.
They tend to have that effect .... :x
Started racing on them last year, did a few Crits and a Hill Climb. Don't exactly look very bling, but super happy with the £68 I paid for mine.
Yeah and it's proved impossible to get it back to normal. At least it was cheap and had a decent amount of miles on it.
Did you get any compo from the van driver for the damage?
I've not had to adjust the bearings of my longest pair- the front did at least 5k miles before I had to replace both after a really bad run in with a pothole...