aka Tom Reingold
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: New York, NY, and High Falls, NY, USA
Posts: 40,492
Bikes: 1962 Rudge Sports, 1971 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Raleigh Pro Track, 1974 Raleigh International, 1975 Viscount Fixie, 1982 McLean, 1996 Lemond (Ti), 2002 Burley Zydeco tandem
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If you're not too much of a quality snob, you could buy pre-made wheels with Sanyo or Shimano hubs. I recently bought one for $95 with a Shimano hub. It's perfectly good if a little heavy. As I've said before, I notice the vibration, but I don't notice the drag.