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Old 03-24-08 | 08:05 AM
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From: Kitchener, ON

Bikes: 1994 Proctor Townsend Reynolds 753, TT S3 True North, Kona Major Jake, Kona Honky Tonk, Marinoni Puima, Cannondale BBU

Internet wheels are a crap-shoot, IMHO. I ordered some Mike Garcia Aerohead/SpeedCific wheels, and they are rife with issues: tire bead doesn't hook easily and the rear came out of true the first time I used it. I guess the point is that you can't always trust the internets. Next time, I'm definitely gonna build my own or have them done locally. Suggestion: find a good shop in Ottawa and have your wheels built there. If you're concerned about paying full retail at the shop, only order the hubs online. If the rim isn't a perfect extrusion, you'll have no end of headaches with constant truing/tension-balancing, which is a really good reason to avoid online rims.
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