I don't get it. I do understand finding steel rims to complete a restoration of nice ancient bike for which that's correct original equipment. Performance doesn't really count, there. But seeking out steel rims for a mid grade bike that originally came equipped with much better?
That's of like taking the original alloy rims off a mid-90s BMW 3 series and finding some stamped steel rims from a 1960s Ford Falcon to fit. And spending extra to buy special brakes to get kinda-sorta adequate stopping that is still worse than stock.
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