Originally Posted by mattyknacks

Yeah, I think I screwed up again. Buying things I don't know about is getting expensive! Haha. This is what I bought in the last month or so:

I bought Mavic Speedcity wheels and tires and tubes and cassettes and disk rotors. Came to about $700 Was told after the fact by many people that 24 spokes was not the way to go.

So I figured: Why trash my investment? I will have another wheelset built and put the Speedcity wheels away until I get lighter.

So I did this:
Had a set of Deep v rims and Deore hubs built up with DT 2.0 spokes built with more tires and tubes and rotors and another cassette. Price: $520 or so.

So after spending $1200.00 on wheels, I am still not happy. Wanted 700 x 35c tires, but is not recommended for the thin Deep V rims. Deore hubs? I should have done better maybe. Spokes? Maybe double- butted? The builder said that the straight guage DT Champion 2.0 spokes were excellent for this application.

So you know where this is leading, right?

In a few weeks, I guess I am gonna have wheelset three built: Velocity Dyad (for the increased width) with XT hubs and those double butted, or alpine 3 spokes. Then I will be known as the jerk who bought $2000 dollars worth of wheels!

Damn, its like going to college (tuition included)

Matty in Brooklyn