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Hey. Just a quick straw poll on the competing merits of two options regarding my soon-to-be new wheels. Basically I want lime green Deep Vs to match an old 531 Dawes I've got, but the issue is how to get there.
Option 1: Have my PW rear hub and Miche Primato Front built up with rims from BLB (74 + 62 build in Glasgow)
or option 2: just buy these things off the 'bay at around £155 all told...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=350081971262&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=022
and save the hubs for another wheelset?
If I go for option two I could even sell the hubs making the whole enterprise cheaper still. This is the first Phil I've ever had though, and I suspect that had I been out on it I would never want to be without it.
What really want to know is: how shit are these e-bay hubs? Anyone got any experience of them?
Cheers (especially to the good people who run this marvellous site).
McDuck.