Originally Posted by iherald
I've never ordered from them, but my guess would be shipping wheels would be pretty expensive. I would have recommended CavernMech as the wheel builder to go to, but he closed down his shop. But local might be best. That way if there are issues your roommate can go to see the builder.
I'd love to go with a local builder, or even build them myself for sure. I had some wheels built at cavern this summer which rode great until the bike was stolen :-(
it seems that given speed and cost are the main concerns of my roommate (doesn't really care if it's the highest performing wheelset) some crap machine built internet wheels seem like the best option unfortunately. Unless I can find some cheap rims and hubs here in ottawa, or even toronto I suppose.