Anyone know much about Alien Bikes?

andyf Does anyone have any experience of Alien Bikes? More specifically their wheels? I talked to the guy and you can get a set of wheels shipped over for US$221 or £110.

They are "New School black on black style, with strong 32mm deep section pinned-joint rims and 36 spokes laced 3-cross to our high flange hubs. Single-sided for fixed only. Includes 1/8" 16T cog and lockring. Replaceable cartridge bearings. Black stainless 14g spokes with black brass nipples. Non machined sidewalls for a clean look"

They look good, and the price is great, but what is the quaility like?

I'm building a similar set of wheels at the moment and looked into buying that set.

I bought on-one high flange hubs at £15 a pop!

They look Identical to Novatech hubs. Looking at the pics on alien-bikes.com my those are very similar, if not the same. Alien cranks are more available as 'Andel', or in Japan 'Radius'. They have a good reputation and appear on a 'real' track bikes over there.

What I really want to know is if that Alien Bikes frame is any good as I'm looking to buy a Soma Rush, an IRO Angus or something but those lugs look so good!

Has anyone seen or tried one? I don't fancy buying blind on a new companies 1st frame.