This wheelset any good?
 

http://www.benscycle.net/index.php?m...oducts_id=5140


the only thing that concerns me is they dont seem quite sure what the hubs are...

Look like Forumlas to me

Yeah they're most likely unbranded formulas

Those look like Kilo TT hubs, aka SHIET.

nope.

formula hubs:
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/harris/images/hub-iro2.jpg
http://www.businesscycles.com/graphi...ula_30-32c.jpg

They're not, Kilo hubs don't get skinnier towards the middle of the hub like those do

same **** they put on the bianchi pista's no?

pay the extra 20 bucks and get the version that is laced to formula/joytech hubs...I bought that wheelset and stripped the lockring threads in a day. Granted the lockring was installed w/o grease, but a guy at th bike shop still thought that aluminum was super soft and crappy.

i had those hubs before. they work, but they can be a little rough after a while. just clean and lube the bearings often and it should serve you well. the alex r450 rims look pretty good. they are a good, inexpensive wheelset.

Looks like it to me.

http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/7420/1234yje.png

yea looks like the cheap Kilo/Windsor/Pista hubs that dont last long. there is a difference and enough to tell the difference between Formula and those generic non formulas. dont waste the money of getting these and have them stripp/bearing suck/fail/stripping lockring threads mostly on you. get a set with at least formulas if not phil hubs. ^_________^

I have been really pleased with my Formula hubs and the Formula hubs I have built for other folks have held up really well too... and I figure I subject them to as much abuse as anyone.

http://www.bikyle.com/images/Parts/C...losTrkWhls.jpg
http://www.fixedgearfever.com/module...l_IMG_2267.JPG
http://www.fixedgearfever.com/module...l_IMG_2266.JPG

what are these sexy flower pedals on hub? anyone else think its pretty?

Love my Formula's. They're laced to WTB Dual Duty rims. Pretty bomber proof.

Sta-Tru are pretty bargain basement wheel builders from what I understand. They'll work, but they will probably need a lot of attention.

Cane Creeks hubs are pretty, cool idea to put on straight spokes & move nipples to the center, but they are a PITA to work on b/c the nipples are in a tight spot & you need a special CC wrench (you get w/wheels) to tension spokes.

easy rule of thumb if they don't know what it is they are selling keep your money

i read this sentence 5 times... and... like i know what you're trying to say but lol what?

that's funny I understood it on 1st pass

FWIW, those rims are pretty decent. That hub looks like ****e, though.

Surely they know what they are selling. What I think they mean to say is that you (the buyer) don't have a choice. You will get either joytech or formula hubs.

+1

Stripped lockring threads=user error. Any Al hub is easy to crossthread.

i ended up deciding to just keep my front wheel, ended up getting a dimension/velocity rear