Originally Posted by
Salamandrine
Once a wheel starts popping multiple spokes, its life is over. Time to rebuild it with a new spokes and a new rim. Spokes pop both because they are old and fatigued, and because the rim is bent and some spokes are now excessively tight to keep it straight and true.
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Super Mirage with 2040 started in '77 or maybe '78. I had a '78 Super Mirage. It was my first good bike. The frame and bike is better than the specs suggest. They cost $235 brand new in 1978. That's $929 in today's dollars. It was sort of entry level into the world of better sport bikes.
That's what I'm thinking. I'm sure I
could do it but probably not well. I'll happily pay a professional and avoid the trial and error of figuring it out myself. So to be clear, I can buy my own spokes/rim and take it all to a shop to get assembled?
Sweet! Guess that pretty much narrows it down to the late 70's. Any idea what specific year it might be?