for anyone who got the RoadUno stock build - here's my comments on the brakes and wheels: in short - not good, Bob.
The wheels themselves have been fine. Built in Taiwan by St. Jump. Novatek hubs and Alex rims. I think maybe the rim material was the issue.
Check out the black Yokozuna brake pads after a few weeks of riding.


this started after less than 30ish miles of riding dirt roads. I put up with it for a while before some brain cell fired off and said - hey! you got some brand new Dia Comps rolling around the parts bin.
I installed those, and ordered some pink-pad fillers from Yokozuna. Or Carson City bikes or Universal - don't recall who. Whom. whatever....


As you can see, the Dia Comps did fine for a 100 or 150 miles of riding. So those black Yokozuna pads were not great. Maybe the rims are not great, but they worked find with the Dia Comps.
I don't know too much about ALEX rims, so maybe I shouldn't bad mouth... bad-type them.

And for a couple hundred miles now the pink Scott/Mathause from Yokozuna have been perfectly fine. YOKOZUNA
Before I started using the Dia Comps, I cleaned the rims. Did two laps of each rim braking surface with 400 grit paper. Cleaned again. There's some details here in this 13 year old zombie thread I revived: Rim Job Zombie Link

Hmmmm.... anything else?
Just that one of the rear hub lock nuts was loose when I got the bike out of the box. I didn't check it, but noticed it after riding a few times. It was like a knocking noise. I think I already typed about it.
That's it for now.
Maybe I'll just do some ride reports for a bit. Pretty soon the fenders are going on, and I might add the 2-speed kick back hub. That thing's pretty heavy, but with fenders, meh....