Thanks for the advice! I fell in love with singlespeed for the reasons mentioned above: my road bike cassette showed wear only in 1 or 2 cogs. Ever since I know that for 80% of my cycling I stay in a single speed/1 gear and admitting that has made my rides so much more pleasant.
I did go to velomine and called and talked to them about wheels. I bought Origin8 hub wheels, the price was just that good:
https://www.velomine.com/index.php?m...oducts_id=3066