Originally Posted by
Carbonfiberboy
YIt's true you can buy wheels built for the cost of the components, sometimes less. But those aren't handbuilt wheels.
Says who?
Bicycle Wheel Warehouse hand-builds their wheels. They buy in bulk, so their prices for built wheels are almost always lower than what it would cost
me to buy components. I've purchased a set of wheels from them and been
very impressed with the quality of the wheels I received.
My Psimet PowerTap wheelset was also hand-built. I bought the entire wheelset for about $100 more than what I would have paid for the hub itself! Even waiting around and shopping on eBay, I'd have been hard-pressed to match that price for the components...