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withered_preacher
Exactly - the market has changed to the point where it's all but impossible to shop build a wheel at a price lower than a basic factory wheel. Shops no longer build frames, as so many did even when I was a boy. They need to acknowledge that hand-built wheels are also a high-cost, high-skill niche business best left to a few expert specialists.