Originally Posted by
Kotts
If you're pressed for time (or money), get the complete wheel. If you're never built a wheel before, it will take you way too long to get it assembled and trued. (My first wheelbould took most of a weekend.) Buy a complete wheel, have the shop move the casette (the part with the gears) over, mount tube and tire, and you're rolling.
dang. yah i have never built one before. so does the $100 sound ok for that or should i call around some more?