In answer to Arrowfoot "What would be a decent entry level price for custom wheels?"

[Spoked Wheels]

To @Arrowfoot
I have recently built sets for Audax and Touring wheels at a decent entry level and both came up to about the £180 mark + shipping, so under £200. Both sets built with reliability and durability in mind.

 

[Arrowfoot]

To @Arrowfoot
I have recently built sets for Audax and Touring wheels at a decent entry level and both came up to about the £180 mark + shipping, so under £200. Both sets built with reliability and durability in mind.

Be quick to respond, before Batman and Robin find this thread and spoil it for everybody else

Thanks for this. I use to enjoy reading your past posts about wheel building and the stuff that you have done for others.

ps. Luv the descriptor !! Very apt. I think I heard the doors to the Bat Cave moving.

 

[vickster]

Here's some of @Spoked Wheels work. Very lovely they are to ride too

 

[Dogtrousers]

I had some built a couple of years ago - open pro rims and 105 hubs for a bit under £200, just as @Spoked Wheels says

 

[Nibor]

I have open pro rims with 105 on 36 spokes very sturdy but still not too heavy

 

[vickster]

I have open pro rims with 105 on 36 spokes very sturdy but still not too heavy

I have 32/36 on Novatech hubs, no heavier than the Fulcrum 5s they replaced

 

[Arrowfoot]

View attachment 119356 Here's some of @Spoked Wheels work. Very lovely they are to ride too

They do look nice. By the way the colour of the bike is really nice. Have not seen this colour on a bike before.

 

[vickster]

They do look nice. By the way the colour of the bike is really nice. Have not seen this colour on a bike before.

Burnt copper. 2013 Genesis equilibrium 20

 

[John the Monkey]

Entry level is a bit of a moveable feast - I've seen reviews (for example) that define my best wheels as "ideal for a winter hack, or training bike".

To go back to the op, the commuting wheels I had built after someone drove through the stock wheels on my first "good" bike were 32 spoke (3 cross) - Tiagra hubs laced to DRC ST18 II rims. Cost the driver's insurers £130 in 2009, and I still like them.

 

[RoubaixCube]

More nice handy work from spokedwheels