I love my XPLORs!
TL;DR: Buy some wheels from Jerry. I was going to wait until I’d had these wheels a year before reviewing them, but you know how time flies when you’re riding your bicycle. I got XPLOR wheels from Jerry for my 2015 Diverge in the fall of 2021, so they're 2.5 years old as I write this. I've been super happy with them. Partly this is just because they're so much better than what came on the bike. They're lighter, the Industry Nine Road Torch hubs and freehub are much nicer, and they're tubelessly plush (I weigh 175-ish lbs in riding clothes, and I'm running 30C Pirelli P Zero Race TLRs at low 60s psi on them at present). But mainly, they just seem SO well built. They're still completely true and I haven't even touched a spoke! The only maintenance they've needed in 10k miles was replacing the rear axle and freehub outboard bearings, which is perfectly reasonable because those two are the most exposed to the elements. I lucked into Jerry as a wheelbuilder. By 2021 I was wanting to go tubeless, so it was either new wheels or a new bike. The 2015 Diverge is an SCS bike, and when I started web-hunting for wheels Jerry was not only the one of the few that would build to that oddball rear geometry, he actually had an explanation (in a “Musings" article you can find on his website) of what SCS is. Since I really like the bike, and new wheels cost way less than new bikes, this made me totally happy! And then the wheels made me happier still! Also (bonus time), Jerry was really easy to work with and did a great job keeping me informed when some supply chain issues with the hubs cropped up (remember 2021?). Bottom line: have Jerry build you some wheels. You'll be glad you did!
Great Wheels
Great! This is the 4th set I’ve gotten from Jerry (CX, road, track, and aluminum road from quite a while ago.). They are all going strong. Couldn’t recommend more highly.