source the stuff yourself. use a spoke length calculator to determine spoke length. buy/borrow a spoke wrench, get a copy of jobst brandts book or print out a few relevant pages from the sheldon brown site, brew a good pot of coffee and build it yourself.
if your run out of patience/confidence in the process, simply lace the wheels and take them to any lbs to get them to true them.
10.000 times as fun. i also love to hunt down the very special bits at good prices - have patience here and you'll do great.
source the stuff yourself. use a spoke length calculator to determine spoke length. buy/borrow a spoke wrench, get a copy of jobst brandts book or print out a few relevant pages from the sheldon brown site, brew a good pot of coffee and build it yourself.
if your run out of patience/confidence in the process, simply lace the wheels and take them to any lbs to get them to true them.
10.000 times as fun. i also love to hunt down the very special bits at good prices - have patience here and you'll do great.