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12-12-12 | 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by runwiththewind

..... I don't know if that includes cleaning the spokes.

Generally not. Wash them as well as you can with dish detergent and one of those OK-for-teflon abrasive dish sponges (Chore boy is one brand).

Other than that if the wheel is aligned and OK, count your blessings and enjoy the bike. There's nothing wrong with dark spokes. If it bothers, you make up a really good story of how they got that way and consider the dark color "character".

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