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should I pull the trigger on some bling, or buy something more modest and treat the missus to a holiday?
If you have £500 to spend and want to build your first home made wheel set, then DT R460 rims to 6800 hubs leaves enough left over to buy a truing stand and take the wife out for a decent dinner, or bling out on the 9000 hubs and get her a cheeky Nandos :-)
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Thanks for all your help @mdcc_tester and @t_w
I'm deffo in a quandary. I'm not keen on wasting money, those R24s look spot on. But If I'm being honest, I am keen on putting together a quality & bling set of wheels for my steel frame bike.
Background; I've sold some wheels I wasn't using and have £500 burning a hole. If I don't reinvest this capital, it'll go on petrol, groceries and bills. In addition I'm currently working in a bike shop (shop floor, not mechanic) and if I'm lucky I should be able to pick up some trade rates for Royce, White Industries, HED, DT Swiss etc etc. No guarantees though, but probable.
Secondary I am looking to get into physically building my own wheels, but would probably start with less expensive parts to begin. The plan is not to stay in the industry forever so, if I can access these product and discounts now and think about building them later, should I pull the trigger on some bling, or buy something more modest and treat the missus to a holiday?