Originally Posted by
bikemig
I prefer used but the bike you sketched out sounds solid to me. The wheels are pretty good. I own a pair and use on my primary commuter which is a drop bar mtb conversion. The total cost was, understandably, considerably less than the commuter you are thinking of building:
Did you buy the same set from Nashbar? If so, did you find that they came well-tensioned and true?
I have Rhyno Lite rims and Deore hubs on other bikes (although I believe they are older versions than the ones currently for sale) and I believe they are very good parts in general. But I would love to avoid messing around with tensioning because I'm not very efficient at it.