Originally Posted by
sstorkel
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.
I bought a set of wheels from them last month. I wanted an "all black" wheel set for my orange Motobecane Fantom CX. I ended up getting Mavic A319 rims, Shimano 105 hubs, and DT spokes for ~$260 shipped. I like the online wheel builder program they have. There's another wheel builder online that uses a similar method of piecing together your custom wheels from lists of components, but they were more expensive.
Bicycle Wheel Warehouse took a little over a week (maybe closer to 10 days) to get my wheels to me after I ordered.