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Originally Posted by iconicflux
Unfortunately, I'm not a fan of handspun. I had to learn how to build wheels because I got a wheel from them that was so bad I broke 3 spokes in the first 200 miles.
It's sometimes cheaper to just buy the wheel assembled and re-tension the wheel by hand. Saves the time of lacing the wheel tooo. I'd also get any machine wheel checked over by a competent mechanic/wheelbuilder before riding it.
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