I would have to disagree with you on that one. never had a problem with andy of my twist lace wheels.

 Have you had to take out any major bends in the rim yet? In my experience as a mechanic, doing a major true on a twist-laced wheel is nigh impossible.

 I havnt had any trouble truing them up - tension, round, dish, true. usually if i have a major bend in the rim I would replace it. so no I havent trued what i would call a "major bend" but a couple mil out of true is no problem.

 Yeah like I said. Anything more than about 2mm of truing has historically been a pain in the ass for me with twist-lacing.

 they come in two sizes long and short, this is a long.