Originally Posted by
specialmonkey
I can recommend Hal at Bicycle Habitat in SoHo, he's a walking encyclopedia for classic and vintage and probably modern as well, is friendly, and does really good work at a fair price. He also particularly likes to build wheels (very well) and tends to turn them around quickly.
I believe Hal is gone. He was moving to the southwest (Arizona? Utah?). I'm not 100% sure if he already moved.