I managed to pick up a set of white DT240 hubs from here a while ago with the intention of building a nice light set of road wheels which can take a disc for my Croix de Fer.
In my head the wheels were going to be all white – making a super white mean machine that is going to be a bitch to clean!
However, chatting with roady mates in the know, I have been advised that Mavic Open Pro rims pretty much set the standard for quality v weight v durability v price tradeoffs and with the Stans rims coming in at about £30ish (very brief internet search) more a rim with negligible weight saving it’s hard to argue.
But the Stan’s rims are white. The Mavics silver or black!
I am already dissapointed I can’t get the DT spokes in white, but could probably cope…
My head is telling me forget the looks, get silver (20p cheaper per spoke) spokes and the silver Mavic rims (£4 per rim cheaper).
But there is a grumble in the background making me think that white stans rims, with black spokes would look pretty groovy.
Any thoughts from the hive?
Dom