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Old 05-31-12 | 08:14 PM
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good online source for new wheels

So I started to put together a fuji cross bike (love the bike) that I had boxed up before moving and remembered that it had a broken spoke on the drive side, . Well it's the second spoke that I broke on the drive side; the rim is a 32 hole Ritchey ocr rim laced 3x cross onto a Ritchey hub. I thought the point of an off center rim was to minimize dish so that spoke breakage was less likely? Hah. I don't torture my wheels (too much) but who knows what the quality of the wheel build was.

So I'll eventually get around to replacing the spoke and trying to tension the wheel properly. In the meantime, I might as well get a 2d pair of wheels (I'll need a pair eventually for a frame that I plan on building up later this summer). What is a good online source for wheels? Any recommendations for wheels that will hold up better than the wheels I'm riding? I weigh around 200 lbs and I like to think I'm a reasonably good rider. I'm leaning towards shimano hubs (105s or ultegras) laced onto mavic open sport rims but I'm open to other suggestions. I'm also leaning towards 36 in the back and 32 up front since I want something that will last.
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