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Old 02-11-07, 05:52 PM
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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.
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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.
Maybe we both are. When I first glanced at your screen name I thought that it said "Song of Senility".
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It does, I spelled it wrong........
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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.
are there colored metal spokes? where can i find them?
also, i just want to add some color and personality to my bike. what's wrong with that?
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Keep in mind, the better your bike looks to you, the better it looks to a thief.
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try industry nine?
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Originally Posted by apclassic9
try industry nine?
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
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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.
The coloured ones make you 1337
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Have you googled or used MSN search for colored spokes? Try that.
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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 would suggest that you email industry nine & ask them if their spokes will be useable on your wheelset. Try as he might, Salsa has not been able to talk me into a bling-bling Industry Nine wheelset!
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