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When I find a good wheelbuilder, I just throw hubs, rims and money at them and pick the wheels up when they've finished.
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My local, the Velohouse, charges £70 per pair to build and Sapim Race at £1 per spoke totaling £134...
£70 is a fair price if they're good at the job, but charging twice the going rate for spokes on top is taking the piss. Buy your own spokes and lace them up, then get your shop to finish them if you don't trust your own skills.
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£70??? that's quite a lots, nearly twice as much compare to even Evans Cycles.
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Right... got a conundrum... I've got a pair of silver Hope hubs I want to lace 3x front and rear to some grey Archetypes... all I need is spokes and someone skilled to build them... My local, the Velohouse, charges £70 per pair to build and Sapim Race at £1 per spoke totaling £134...
Alternatively, I've found a pair of used Hope Hoops (black 32h 3x on Stans Alpha 400) for about the same price...
Which would you go for - ready built used Stans or LBS built Archetype?