Looking for wheels

hi guys just asking opinions on a good fixed rear wheel thanks
please dont say aerospoke XD

What do you mean, as in a ready built one, or what components?

Ready built you can get a factory assembled ambrosio wheelset from BLB for £149. Not sure if they sell only the rear wheel. They've done me proud for a few months, stayed (more or less) true over some rather nasty potholes.

When you say a "good" fixed rear wheel, how good exactly is good? goldtecs seem to get a lot of praise, also mavic cxp22 rims. You'll probably need to be a little more specific to get an answer that you'll find suitable.

i dont exactly know what i want therein lies the problem i just want ones that will take a fixed cog and wont fall apart

if i were to buy a fixed hub would i be able to get it laced onto my current wheel which is a 700c single speed wheel?

yep, easily. You can either do it yerself, which takes a bit of work (but is a useful skill to learn), or you can just take the wheel plus the new hub to yer LBS and they will do it for you for a fee.

Check www.sjscycles.co.uk for a variety of hubs.

ok thanks a lot i got some spare wheels so i might try on those before i start taking my current wheels apart but i like doing things myself so ill probably try it

sorry for the novice questions but im guessing that as long as the number of spokes is right it should fit?

plenty of spoke length calculators around. i think there's one in sheldon's site.

wish i have the patience to do it...asm's right would be a handy skill to have. but hey, i only get/want/need a wheel every 3,4 or 5 years...so, cant be fkd, i buy a built one instead

yeah you want to make sure you buy a track hub with the same number of spoke holes as the rim you've got. 32/36 are v v easy to cater for and build decent strong wheels.

if you're planning on building your own, you will need a spoke key, some lube (teflon chain lube is fine) and a rudimentary truing stand. you can use your forks but you'll get the wheel truer if you use a stand. There are plenty of people on here who have built their own wheels, and there are always a few wanting to build some, so you should be able to meet up with people quite easily for a sort of group wheel-building lesson.

fatboy - its actually pretty straightforward if a little tedious. the truing requires a good eye and a few tools (but you can make them all yourself easily)... saying that if it wasn't for hovis brown i wouldn't have bothered being shown how to do it! I def couldn't be arsed to build all the tools myself :)

wheel building is therapeutic, if not only fun

ratboy.....i think its all about how much you have to spend on this real wheel you speak of.

isent that true of all the building process thats been my experience anyway (only thing i find annoying is tweaking my chain so that its not too tense and stops moving proper and too slack when it slips off all the time)

aidan ratboy.....i think its all about how much you have to spend on this real wheel you speak of.
lets just say im poor

i know what your saying with the chain thing.....it can be annoying but something you will get used to.........
how poor is poor,what wheels are you running and in what state are they? anyone will tell you its worth saving for a good set of hubs instead of buying cheap shit....keep it British....keep it goldtec.

aidan's right although i'm quite sure he's still drunk at the moment (souf london massif... i'm drunk as well :P) when i get my job sorted i'll be buying a pair of goldtecs to celebrate... hang on, aren't your pair of goldtecs welsh aidan?

true true.....but i can get away with it as im half Welsh.......but as you know they are made in the uk now,so like i said.......keep it British keep it goldtec.

legit... legit... totally legit.

yeh i wanna keep my bike as british as poss currently im waiting for christmas gonna be flat broke til then but my current setup is all good, i just want to ride fixed a.s.a.p my main prob is i dont know enough about components so i worry about buying the wrong thing and being completely fecked, probably gonna have about 100 quid to play with for my rear wheel

hence i ask lots of questions and get answers affirming my noviceness

if you want cheap:
system ex/formula hubs are value for money. lace them up yerself to a decently cheap rim. cheapest i'll go for is a mavic open sport. 18quid. if you're not a fat bastard go for 32 hole. save you about a pound for 4 spokes and teeny bit of weight.

if you want super cheap get the sovos hub from sjscycles 15 quid a pop. or those bottom of range suzue hubs. both of these dont have cartridge bearings. i've seen them in edwardes in camberwell, same price range.

ed:im playing.....it seems I'm coming across as some kind of racist....im not!
ratboy:the glory of this forum is the amount of knowledge harbored here.....if you cant search the previous discussions to find your answer there is bound to be someone here to answer it for you...

no worries aidan i'm drunk and i can't be arsed about people being racist or not anyway.
real racists suffer by the end of the day. i dont care as long as i myself embrace diversity... (shit, tony maloney dafoney??)

heck if we keep all the knowledge organised properly we might beat sheldon some day. hello davidK??? :P

go to bed!

thanks for the info i dont think i need to go super cheap as long as i can work out the build process if not i think i can get it done relatively cheap, i think the build option gets more appealing with every post thanks again