Old 02-18-14 | 12:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Sixty Fiver
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Pre-built wheels can be a good deal as the sum of the parts is often less than what you have to pay for them singly... but they need to be checked.
For a while I would get wheelsets off of Performance that had Ultegra hubs and Open Pro rims for $200/set. I'd get them, retension them, and they'd be as good as a hand-built.

Then they raised their prices...
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