about a month ago, in my eagerness to get into the world of fixed gear, I dropped about 60$ for a 27" rear wheel, with a quando hub. I knew that good things wern't said about this hub, but whatever, right?

Well when I got the wheel in the mail, I noticed that it seemed like there was dirt or something in the bearings.every half of rotation it hit some heavy friction. In my excitement, I threw it on and rode on it. No problems really, though I noticed when on my friends fixie over the weekend, that his starts were MUCH smoother. And when my tension was high, it binded a lot easier (his was tight to the point were there was no lag between forward and back pedaling, while mine had a 1/16 to 1/8 in jump). So today I decided to regrease the bearings. After messing around with it for a bit, I noticed that one of the bearing caps was slightly bent; oh and I couldnt get the other one off, at all. So after a regrease, I threw it back on and 5 secs into my ride, the cap that wouldn't come off BLOWS off, and the bearings with it. Yeah. sucks.

Needless to say, I'm bummed as hell. And I don't get paid till thursday. Not to mention that the thought of riding my 10 speed trek makes my heart hurt.

My question now is what to do? The front wheel needed to be replaced soon, so do I get a whole new wheel set? I also need a new chain, a single crank set, and maybe a new bottom bracket. I was planning to get all of that with this check, but now I can't. If I take the hub to a shop could they fix it? Any idea of cost? Is it worth it? If I'm gonna choose a new hub (and get it relaced) and ideas on what to pick up?

I was thinking maybe an IRO set, or just get a really decent hub and get it relaced. the 'fixing it' idea only popped in my head in the past few hours.

I'm confused so I'm gonna get some sleep and see how I feel tomorrow. Thanks for hearing me out.

cheers.