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New wheels custom built, would you go black or silver?


 
Posted : 29/01/2016 10:53 am
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Black, definitely.


 
Posted : 29/01/2016 10:54 am
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Silver for sure. They just "feel" nicer.


 
Posted : 29/01/2016 10:54 am
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Having done both recently, I've decided I prefer silver. Just gives the bike a lighter "look".


 
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I have done both and have a soft spot for silver


 
Posted : 29/01/2016 10:56 am
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Having done both recently, I've decided I prefer silver. Just gives the bike a lighter "look".

Yup.


 
Posted : 29/01/2016 10:56 am
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Would have to be black for me, especially if they were carbon rims.


 
Posted : 29/01/2016 10:59 am
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What colours are on the rest of the bike?


 
Posted : 29/01/2016 11:00 am
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Wash your mouth out, black of course. It's not the 20th Century anymore.


 
Posted : 29/01/2016 11:03 am
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Black.


 
Posted : 29/01/2016 11:07 am
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Black here too, especially with black rims etc.


 
Posted : 29/01/2016 11:09 am
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Yellow


 
Posted : 29/01/2016 11:09 am
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Silver.


 
Posted : 29/01/2016 11:10 am
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If the rims are silver or metal with brake tracks - silver spokes, as they'll go with the rims. If the rims are mostly black - black spokes.


 
Posted : 29/01/2016 11:12 am
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Purple surely 🙂

What colour are hubs, rims, and rest of kit?


 
Posted : 29/01/2016 11:15 am
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murdered out


 
Posted : 29/01/2016 11:24 am
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Mix it up...

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Posted : 29/01/2016 11:25 am
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What colours are on the rest of the bike?

Murdered out and going more murdered out when I change the forks to 2016 Lyriks with [s]black[/s] murdered out stanchions.


 
Posted : 29/01/2016 11:28 am
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I always have this dilemma with new wheel builds. I go for stainless (silver) mostly because they are cheaper and they look clean when they are clean.
My current 'off the peg' bike has black spokes, first time for me, and I do like the look of the black spoke.
I will be building upgraded wheels for it this year. They will probably have silver spokes as they are cheaper.


 
Posted : 29/01/2016 11:29 am
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Silver for me


 
Posted : 29/01/2016 11:35 am
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My bike came with silver spokes as that's what the shop had already lying around (Pro2 evo + Flow EX). New wheels with black spokes would have been an extra $20 so I stuck with the silver.

Glad I did now as the wheels don't looks anywhere near as mucky or scratched as they do with black spokes.


 
Posted : 29/01/2016 11:36 am

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