Hi Yall

I have recently been prepping a frame for painting to convert it into a fixed gear bike, I have looked on ebay and fixedgeargallery.com and the prices of some of the same items very too much and every shop charges different shipping rates so some items cheaper RRP end up costing more after shipping, which shop do you recommend? BTW I live in New Zealand so it would be overseas shipping. Thanks.

NZ? You're probably gonna get ***** on shipping wherever you shop. Getting packages over the toothbrush fence is not cheap, I hear. Even up in Canada where most of us are within 100 miles from the us border, all the good internet deals our american neighbours get are mostly erased by extra shipping, brokerage and duty charges, to the point where you often save just a few bucks over going to the lbs. And none of the really cheap companies (bicyclewheels.com, bikesdirect etc) will ship outside the us. NAFTA my ass! haha good luck though, you may be able to find something despite my rant.

Nashbar currently has their house brand rear hub for $29.99 and free shipping if you use code FSAPR7, although I don't know if that applies to free international shipping.

Hey, do you have one of these? I was just thinking about ordering a set to build some wheels for an old conversion. I guess I don't have super-high expectations for that price, but if anyone has any experience with the hub, I would appreciate it.

I hear they're great ornmnt, especially for the money. I have two friends who use them.

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they're formula hubs, rebadged w/ nashbar's logo. no different whatsoever. best retail price i've seen on formulas thus far.

I think they're dimension, not formula, but still about the same (good) quality.