Picked up these wheels earlier which have these crazy twisted sapim spokes. I’ve not seen this before and I’m interested to know the logic behind them?
Thankfully all spokes are present.
I bought a Zaskar off this seller a while back
On the advert he had screen shotted his Zaskar pics but had the rest of his photo album open below so you could see his other pics. . It contained some “interesting” ones of his Mrs 😂
Needs a nice pair of wheels for a 96/97 build wanted.
Ideally a Mavic 517 or 217 in silver or black. With a XT M737/8 hub set
Would also look at other hub options but need to be silver or red and non disc 96-98 age.
I really want a pair of Hadley GT hubs in red on X517 but realise the...
It was horrid condition before. Don’t be scared to buy a nasty one and polish it.
I know it’ll be frowned upon but I’ve even bought 27.2 ones in the past and polished off 0.2 at the same time. 27.0 is a nightmare to get it seems
Here’s my non - NOS one I’ve just recently (luckily) received on a bike. it’s been ridden for 30 years , thrown around the garage for 2 months and still looks nicer 😂
Just be aware that it’ll likely end up with a slight matte textured finish if stripped. Won’t look like the silver ano of an original one. Of course you could polish it to silver