David L. Johnson said:Tom Sherman said:Why would the wheels need anything more than competent preparation
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Quoted message said:Quoted message said:this could certainly be found in the $1,000 price range from a good
LBS.
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Maybe this is just a matter of communication/terminology,I would say that machine-built wheels would need more than truing and
stress-reieving. Instead they should be completely re-tensioned,
dished,
Quoted message said:trued, and stress-relieved. In reality they only come pre-laced.
Most
Quoted message said:shops would not consider this a reasonable thing to do for a bike
costing
Quoted message said:$1000, so it would be up to the buyer. For a $2000 bike I would
expect
Quoted message said:the wheels to be ready to use.
Quoted message said:Most road bikes in the $1,000 range will have wheels with decent
quality hubs, spokes, nipples and rims.It depends. Some of the hubs would be no-name, and the spokes would
be
Quoted message said:generic straight-gauge.
I've bought perhaps 5-6 pairs of machine-built wheels in the past few
years and paid betweem $40 and $200 per pair (new). All had Shimano
hubs, I think all had Wheelsmith or DT spokes. Bringing the tension up,
checking dish, stress relieving and tweaking the truing takes about an
hour per pair for someone like me who isn't terribly skilled. I would
expect all wheels to be inspected and gone over in a LBS-assembled
bike, it's not that big a deal. A $1,000 bike with no name wheel
components and untouched-by-human-hands wheels is a rip.