What are the coolest looking training wheels?
I care not about Aeroness, or weight, just durability and cool factor, maybe a little about cost.
So what do you think?
Mavic Open Pro’s laced 32 or 36 14g spokes to your standard hub of choice.
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Hed-3s! Sometimes when I show up to races with them they look so intimidating that the rest of my age group just goes home!
I like the Mavic Ksyrium Elite (the old black ones). Bombproof, affordable, and reasonably aero (at least the spokes). Got well over 20K miles on mine and they’re still going strong with zero repairs/maintenance issues. The SL’s are also very nice, but I don’t much care for the silver color of the new models. I like the look of the Cosmic Elites as well, but don’t have any firsthand experience with 'em. American Classic CR420’s are pretty sweet lookin wheels also and I haven’t heard any negatives about them. For cool looks, they gotta be black.
I’ll admit that I put Campy Eurus’ on my Litespeed mostly due to their looks. Thankfully, it hasn’t come back to haunt me, as they’ve been great wheels.
Yeah, that is pretty much why I asked, a new Saber with box rims on it just would not look right.
It might be fun to get some of those Aerospoke wheels, supposed to be bomb proof.
Oops…I forgot to mention the Eurus. Very nice wheel. My wife’s got 'em on her Ghisallo and I’ve borrowed them a couple times. They’ve plenty stiff, and have that nice Campy hub buzz when freewheeling…and they’re black.
I have Campy Ventos on my tri bike. I’ve been really happy with them. I think I’m going to get another set for my road bike. They seem pretty bombproof, the bearing have actually held up through a Vancouver winter (more than I can say about any other wheels I’ve owned!) and they make such a cool noise when coasting!
And yes, I think that they look pretty nice too!
http://www.campagnolo.com/wheels.php?gid=2&cid=10&pid=23
isn’t this subjective?
that said, I really like the look of my easton circuits. (the red/black motif matches my bike)
But I also like the look of sweet hubs (Phil wood? ha!) to solid rims (open pro cds).
How about this.
Ambrosio Balance rims in red
Black anodised Shimano 105 hubs (9 speed)
Black Sapim spokes
Aluminium nipples colour in red
Conti GP4000 tyres in red and black.
These are bombproof and match my red and black bike.
How about these bad boys, I wonder if they come in 700c
Chrome wheels
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