Can anyone recommend a good wheel builder in the Los Angeles area? A friend gave me an old 7 speed MTB hub that I'm considering having laced into a 700c rim I've got for commuting duty. We all know that an alarming number of shops will only suggest that I buy a new wheel - and truth be told, I don't want them building me a wheel anyway. I might very well tha I might end up spending as much money in labor to have a wheel built by a craftsman as I would to buy a cheap machine built wheel. But ultimately, the hand built wheel is going to last much longer. So anyway, does anyone know of someone who practices this vanishing art form in or around Los Angeles?

Thanks. DanO