Originally Posted by
zacster
For $290 you got good components and a crappy build, but as you found out it cost you another $100 or so to get a decent build. You get what you pay for......
+1 kinda
I do think $100 is rather high to re-tension new wheels though.
New parts "fall in place" more readily. Unlike old frozen nipples etc.
Last Spring, I bought a CHEAP back up wheel set for my Hybrid <$80 delivered.
Shimano "Parallax"(sp) hubs, Alex single wall rims (that I can't find listed on the net) & galvanized? spokes.
Part of the reason was to check out my new Park tension meter.
Tension was +/- 25%. Not very good! True was about +/- 2mm lateral with 3 noticeable "hops".
I got them to +/- .5MM lateral, which was outstanding , since the rim width varied .75mm. I got it down to ONE much lesser hop at the rim joint. Tension was +/- 5%.
They are still a CHEAP set, but should be good for 1000's of miles.