Old 04-18-18, 05:21 AM
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Inertianinja
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Polished wheels for an alu bike - yay or nay?

Warning, aesthetics question.

Last year I built up a 2007 Cervelo Soloist with (almost) all aluminum components - the matte black anodized frame with some silver Ritchey and SRAM bits for 'contrast'. The wheels are alloy Fulcrums with silver spoke nipples from around 2010.

I had a crash - delivery guy swerved into me head-on - and bent the rims. I've repaired them to "usable" but there are some dents that can't be fixed, so I'm starting to look for new wheels.

I'm considering polished rims to go with the whole "silver on matte black" look, though maybe it's too much silver. If anything I'd prefer matte to polished.

Something like these: https://rolfprima.com/collections/al...pecial-edition

Here's the bike:



Thoughts?
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