Originally Posted by sivat
My nishiki had all decent suntour components. I think it was a 6 speed cassette. The Bianchi I bought as a conversion, so I'm not sure. I suppose it could have been cold set, but as it was exactly 135mm, i don't think it was. The royce union is really cheap, and came with cottered cranks and a 12lb suntour derailure.
Touring and hybrid frames are 135mm, allows for beefier rear hubs (fat people ride hybrids and tourers load their bikes down).
As to the OP, IRO sells a killer Formula/Velocity wheelset (love those cartridge bearings). If you can spring it (ie. you're a ******) go with Phil hubs on some hand built wheels.