What kind of wheel is it you want, and what is it replacing? How much you are willing to spend will also help a lot, as you can spend anything from £30 to £300 on a rear wheel! This will help us find what you want, and not reomend somehting youve already got.
I would guess the wheels youve bent are fairly standard factory ones yes? if so they are made of cheese lol. Deal with them all the time at work, kids buyign cheap bikes and bending the wheels! :) If so dont worry to much, a better wheel is easy to sort out.
Factory built wheels like the halo combat are good budget options, good thick strong rim, but i bit heavy too. there mainly designed as a jump rim. If you only have a bit of money to spend, then go for it as it will be a much better wheel than the ones it sound like you have.
If possible, check out your local bike shops and see if they have any good wheelbuilders. A decent hand built wheel will be stronger than a factory wheel anyday. Even if you go for a budget wheel like a Shimano Deore hub laced to a Mavic EX721 (used to be D521) and get it handbuilt it will be very strong! the weakpoint on that wheel ive given as an example is the freehub, only 14 engagment points and quite weak to.
Also check out websites such as Chain Reaction, as they sell handbuilt wheels and are competativelhy priced too.
If you can afford it, go for something like a hope hub (Hope XC has long been a trials favorite, very strong and 21 engagement points, sealed bearings, great waranty and customer service) and either a mavic EX721 (D521) or a Sunn Rhino Lite rim.
I have a XC on Rhino lite, and its been on 3 bikesover 2years and i havent touched it since i built it, and its still only 2mm out of true, i cant be bothered to true it as its runnign a disk at the moment!
Hope that helps! (Y)
