A little background information:

I have a 1980 Schwinn Le Tour I'm fixing up to make my Daily ride. I took the original steel wheels into the bike shop bike they were all out of wack. The guy calls me after they start working on them and says that the wheels are trued, BUT the spoke tensioning is no good and they are going to have to do a "Major" true so when I start riding the bike they stay true. The $20 job will turn into a $50 one if I tell them to go ahead.

I would really just like to spend the money on new alloy wheels if they are in the $100ish for a pair or less area. It just seems more reasonable since I would be spending half that much to fix up some old heavy lightly rusted steelies.


What do you guys think I should do? Can you point me in the right direction for a decent set of affordable alloys?