General: Suggestions on new wheels???

Im looking for a sturdy set of fixed gear wheels. They need to have machined side walls and i would love to have all black. Its for a 2008 Schwinn Madison and i just ride around Seattle with it. I would appreciate any opinion and im looking to spend $200 at most...but mabey a little more if its a killer deal. Thanks!

If I was getting new wheel's, I'd choose one of these

Mavic Open Pro, Velocity Aerohead, Suntour Superbe Pro. I like durace hubs personally, but it's up to you ;)

Sturdy, all black with bladed spokes and machined walls = Mavic Ellipse

Eidt: Sorry didnt see the max 200 $, then Ellipse are 475 $

All black weinmann dp-18s with or without machined sidewalls are $155.00 at bicyclewheels.com

Posted By: cloudmavic ellipse have machined walls?

yes, made for brakes

If you are putting around town then weinmann dp18's are more then you will need. Now if you have some people to impress then you might want to spend double that velocity deep v's.

Posted By: AlMThe machined braking surface is anodized since they are intended for track use, but they're also made to be road training wheels.

And machined sidewalls isn't what makes a brakeable rim breakable; it just makes braking a little more consistent. Prior to the mid-80s, there were no machined rims. How did all them road-racer guys manage to stop their bikes in the 60 years between the adoption of rim brakes and the adoption of sidewall machining?

I have a set of mid-80s Ambrosio Super Elites that came off a period Colnago. Anodized; not machined; the anodizing is set into the metal. You hit the brakes; the anodizing eventually wears through. It's ugly, and it works.

Paint, though...generally not encouraged as a braking surface, presumably because the heat and pressure of rim braking is likely to bring off the paint in sheets, which might cause scary slips. Thqat's my big limiting factor on getting the fancy-schmancy Velocity bassboat rims.

Posted By: Indians44987They make brake pads that wont wear off the anodized surface

That's a useful bit of information. Who makes them?

bicycle wheel warehouse .com open pros to formulas, 200 bucks...

DA to Open Pro? Winning combination. That's like asking if anyone has heard anything bad about Santa or Mohammed.

Posted By: sfbeeI hear that santa guyis a real bastard

To say nothing of SantaBot, and his annual Xmas Eve killing spree...

(teaming up with Kwanzaabot and the Chanukah Zombie)