Originally Posted by
bonechilling
On second thought, the OP should probably just find some inexpensive, older 8 or 9-speed Shimano free-hub wheels, and slide a single-speed cog and some spacers on there. It's both a cheaper and better system than threaded on freewheels, and if you're never going to go fixed, why bother with a track hub?
I would normally agree but 8/9sp freehubs are 130 spaced and lagsters are 120 spaced.
IMHO, I would cruise fleabay for hubs and then when you find them, send them to spinlite cycling and have them build you a set of wheels.
Dura Ace and Superbe pro freewheel road hubs come up often and would make perfect SS wheels.
I use a Superbe Pro rear hub and a Dos ENO freewheel and the setup is bombproof. Everything back there is sealed and tight.
If the OP's budget is ~$300 the only way to get a good wheelset that is a significant jump over bicyclewheels.com wheelsets is to piece them together him/her self.
Spinlite builts GREAT wheels.... I think I supplied the hubs and ordered 2 velocity Fusion rims + Sapim Laser spokes + alloy nips + labor and the cost was about $250 (but I can check).
Barring that, the Bicyclewheels.com prices are pretty hard to beat.