im about to buy these https://www.nashbar.com/profile.cfm?c...d=&pagename=if that link doesnt work they are the Mavic CXP22/Formula Track/Fixed Wheelset from nashbar. im going to be using them for city commuting, messengering and i dont know a whole lot about buying wheels and these will be going on my first fixie. im just wondering if there is anything i dont know about them that i should. like if theyre crap or not. the price seems right and as far as i can tell they'll be fine. any objections?

The hubs are solid, the rims are solid. The price certainly isn't bad. You would be looking at about 90 dollars for a set of cxp 22 rims. Probably about 75 for a set of formula hubs. Without even the cost of spokes these wheels are cheaper.

that is a sweet deal, it's really not bad. but if you don't a new front wheel you can get a rear wheel from iro for 105 bucks and since it's coming from tony your sure it's going to be a good wheel. or you can get an iro set for 184.

I have them and had to pay to get them rebuilt when they shook themselves apart in a 50 kms. Nashbar told me the build wasn't warrantied and that I could have sent them back if I thought they were defective; then they gave me the option of sending them back at my expense to have them rebuilt, which would be free if they determined it was a build problem and not an abuse problem.

The description on the page is the same as the ones I bought in March, but caveat - mine dind't come with a lockring (Nashbar sent one two weeks later after I called), and they were fixed/free, not fixed fixed.

The track nuts are cruder and softer than the ones on my Kogswell hub. One seized together.

A locknut broke in half - this was warrantied, but with the wrong part - they sent me four front wheel axle nuts.

None of this was under abusive conditions and I never crashed.

Also stripped the hub. Jury's out as to whose fault that was.

Not recommended. Even if IROs are just factory-built Velocitys, they stand by their stuff, to such a ridiculous degree that Tony offered to fixed my trashed Formula wheel.

Actually, Velocity builds the IRO wheels by hand, same as their own. Actually, the guy I talked to when I called Velocity to order my rims said that his wife laces the wheels at home and he does the rest. He also said he's built approximately 700 wheels this year. Said he's turning nipples in his sleep.

thanks for the advice guys. seems even as good as the nashbar wheels are the iro's always have better feedback. i havent heard anything bad about them yet and for only $34 more its probably worth it to go for 'em.

not to hijack my own thread or anything, but i'll also be buying the cog and chain in the next couple of days. any recomendations on that stuff? 3/32" or 1/8"?

ive been riding a ss with 74 gear inches for the past year and im also thinking of moving up to 78 for this (my first fixie) is that a bad idea? ive heard it can make really slow riding and skidding tricky.

thanks guys, its so much easier to get straight answers on here than in the lbs.

get your cogs here: https://shop.sunrisecyclery.com/item/11147/ it has free shipping and it's DURA ACE! it's the cheapset you'll find cogs, you should probably stay with the gear your on now, remeber that it's better to spin and to push. plus a 74 would be easier than 78 uphills. a 74 sounds like a much funner gear

i cant use Dura Ace cogs if im going to keep my 74in. im going to be running a 52t chainring on the new ride so ill need 19t in the back to keep it near 74 and DA only goes to 16t. im looking at the EAI cogs. sheldon recommends them so they cant be crap right?
i feel dumb asking but E.A.I. is Euro Asia right?

E.A.I = Euro Asia Imports. Correct. Commonly referred to as the best cog you can buy (except for maybe Phils)

How's that hub treating you, D?