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red spokes
i'm just wondering if anyone knows where i can find quality red spokes? like the ones on bontrager's race xxx lite carbon series. i have all-black bike and would love red spokes. or ami just better off powdercoating the ones i have?
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What's wrong with the metal colored ones? Don't they properly support your wheels? Sorry I just don't understand why anyone would care about the color of their spokes. The sport is not a cheap one, seems there are a lot better ways to spend one's money.
Just my opinion.
Just my opinion.
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Originally Posted by lattershed
i'm just wondering if anyone knows where i can find quality red spokes? like the ones on bontrager's race xxx lite carbon series. i have all-black bike and would love red spokes. or ami just better off powdercoating the ones i have?
Was I the only one who had to blink a few times and squint just to read this???
I'm getting old, I tellya.
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Originally Posted by Song of Serenity
Was I the only one who had to blink a few times and squint just to read this???
I'm getting old, I tellya.
I'm getting old, I tellya.
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Originally Posted by spinnaker
What's wrong with the metal colored ones? Don't they properly support your wheels? Sorry I just don't understand why anyone would care about the color of their spokes. The sport is not a cheap one, seems there are a lot better ways to spend one's money.
Just my opinion.
Just my opinion.
also, i just want to add some color and personality to my bike. what's wrong with that?
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Originally Posted by apclassic9
try industry nine?
I think you can also get "tie-dye" spokes in titanium, if you want to add color
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Originally Posted by spinnaker
What's wrong with the metal colored ones? Don't they properly support your wheels? Sorry I just don't understand why anyone would care about the color of their spokes. The sport is not a cheap one, seems there are a lot better ways to spend one's money.
Just my opinion.
Just my opinion.
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Originally Posted by GreenGrasshoppr
Dont you also have to use the industry nine wheels with them?
I think you can also get "tie-dye" spokes in titanium, if you want to add color
I think you can also get "tie-dye" spokes in titanium, if you want to add color
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