Originally Posted by
Tunnelrat81
Buy custom locally ONLY if you know for sure that the person building your wheel is a true and experienced wheel builder. That's my $.02.
-Jeremy
Good info. Thanks. I was planning to buy for a respected builder who is not local. I was just wondering about the downsides to not having a local builder or, with factory, a local shop standing behind them.
Originally Posted by
Chris R.
To the OP:
Are you a big guy or a small guy? Do you need something specific that an off the shelf wheel can't give you? I'm just curious; I would think that the only real big difference would be the cost of the custom wheels (ie less money) since they don't have the middle men to pay.
Good luck
Well, big-ish. I can get a custom set for about the same price as the Easton EA90sl that I think is probably as good if not better. However, I don't have much experience with the various parts so am going largely on recommendation and what I can find doing research.
The note above about the Kinlin rims "pulsing" when braking is the kind of info I don't have. Is that typical of those rims or a bad batch? If I bought a factory set and had an issue like that I could probably exchange them at the lbs. With custom probably not.