Originally Posted by
due ruote
+1 on buying locally. I'd be a bit more agressive in the search and put a WTB ad on Craigslist. There must be people in Atlanta who have done a bunch of fg conversions and are sitting on stacks of 27" wheels. They probably just don't list them because they can't imagine someone wanting them.
No. 1. I'm sitting on a bunch of older wheels in great shape that I'd probably sell if someone took the trouble of posting an ad on CL. Also if you don't mind dropping some money on your wheels but you want ukai rims and suzue hubs, these look pretty decent (they're 700c and 130mm rear but it's not hard to make these work on your bike):
http://www.universalcycles.com/searc...suzue+wheelset
The suzue touring wheelset looks pretty solid for your purposes and isn't too bad price wise.