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Old 05-24-14 | 06:35 PM
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I bought the same set of wheels from Co-motion last year. They were used in the past for the Nor'wester Tour which my wife has. I got them for my bike as my wife "borrowed" my new Ultegra/Dyad/Wheelsmith wheelset when I was building up her new frame. She preferred silver, and I prefer black so it was a win/win. The Co-Motion shop is about a 45 minute drive from our house so I had a pair built up when they put them on sale. They are a high quality wheel, and built by a very reputable shop. The folks at Co-Motion are great to work with.

The one thing you might want to look at is the servicing requirements of the DT hubs: preloading the sealed bearings when adjusting them. It seemed overly complicated to be for a sealed bearing hub. They also don't come with QR skewers, which is OK. I was not happy with the DT skewers that I got and think there are some better ones on the market. Actually the QR skewers was one of the reasons I did not keep them very long. They didn't seem to hold the rear wheel tight enough when I put a lot of torque on the rear wheel. I also decided I wanted both my wife's and my hubs to use the same parts, spoke sizes and be easily serviced, so I had another set of wheels built on 105 hubs, Dyad rims, and Wheelsmith DB spokes at Universal Cycles.

I guess I'm not much help because both Co-Motion and Universal Cycles produce excellent hand-built wheels. It is just a matter of what you want in a wheel.
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