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Lambo
12-08-06, 12:14 PM
Anyone have a favorite wheelbuilder they can recommend to me in Austin, TX?
It's just a vintage Shimano 600 36h hub on my old Centurion Comp TA but I'd like to get someone I can trust to do a good job.
I've had Bicycle Sport Shop rebuild my CrossCheck wheel before but I'm wondering if I can get any other recommendations.

TIA,
Lambo

ravenmore
12-15-06, 10:14 AM
Mechanics at 360 Cycleworks build wheels all the time.
Hobartlemagne
12-15-06, 10:29 AM
http://youngwheels.com/
This shop is in Fredericksburg, but Sheldon Brown calls him "a fine wheelbuilder"

TechJunkie
12-18-06, 03:27 PM
http://youngwheels.com/
This shop is in Fredericksburg, but Sheldon Brown calls him "a fine wheelbuilder"

Joe Young is an excellent wheelbuilder with a lot of experience, and his prices are not astronomical, unless you want a Phil Wood hub laced to something else exotic. Definitely someone you can trust to do it 100% right.
Platy
02-27-07, 01:45 PM
I've bought two wheels built by Discovery Cycle on Anderson Lane. One was from their handbuilt stock, the other was full custom built. Zero quality issues.

Link (http://www.discoverycycle.com/wheels.htm)

I've also had two wheels built up by another bike shop not mentioned on this thread, but there were quality issues: one flat due to a protruding spoke, initial spoke tension too low, squeaks and groans from where the spoke heads fit into the hub flange. So no recommendation for that other shop.