Originally Posted by well biked

I've used wheels with Shimano 2200 hubs, the hubs performed just fine. The problem with wheelsets like the one you linked to is that the wheels are generally cheaply built by machine and will be out of true and not tensioned properly right out of the box. Also, they usually don't use name-brand spokes, and from my experience the cheap spokes are more prone to break.

In fact, the wheels I had with the Shimano 2200 hubs were inexpensive mail-order wheels similar to those in your link. I re-tensioned and trued the wheels as soon as I got them, rode them for a few thousand miles and then had spokes begin to break. About the same time, I hit a pothole and bent the rear rim. At that point, I retired the wheels. But really, during the life of those wheels, the part of the wheels that I had no complaints about were the Shimano 2200 hubs-