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Steer well clear of silly low-spoke count wheels like the shimano ones. They'll go massively out of true very very easily and replacing a spoke will be hard. Plus freehub = pain in the arse when you want to go fixed gear, since you just cant do it without spending £50+ on a surly singulator thingy, and some pikey will quick-release them the first chance he gets.
Get proper handbuilt wheels, something with ~32 spokes and a solid rim, open pro or deep v if you feel like posing. Might as well get a flip-flop hub ( I reccomend this cos its cheap and solid), that way you can thread a freewheel on one side and a fixed cog on the other. Obviously you want it built up with no dish in it (which again means it will be a buttload stronger than freehub-type wheels).