I have a set of wheels I got off ebay for a decent price. I have replaced all the bearings in the Hope hubs and was thinking about replacing some of the spokes with half silver drive side and half black none drive, front would be the same. Anyone done this? Cool or tacky. any pics? Am I bored or what! I once had a wheel like this but I can't remember when lol, it came on a bike!
I have it on my orange Alpine, looks pretty cool but it was done out of neccesity as the guy building my wheels didnt have enough of both to do one or the other!
I've used odd ones when one has snapped and my only spare of the right length has been a different colour. Looks a bit naff but doesn't really bother me.
maybe half and half would be better, try it and see.
LOL - I was just thinking about this earlier this week. I was thinking of doing it in quarters - 4 groups of 9 spokes on each wheel.
Would look neither cool nor tacky, just crap IMO
Each to their own and all!
I did it years ago but laced it so that each spoke alternated round the rim. To be honest you only really noticed when you looked closely, but it did look quite good.
Tacky... Go for it 😀
Looks good on my wheels...
nickc has the best answer so far! If you're going to do it, find two different nipple colours as well as it will make the difference in spokes more noticeable. After all, what's the point in doing it if no one notices?
If you're going to do it, do it properly.
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Not quite the same, but I did this. Tacky, possibly, but I like it.
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its pretty cool on that on one. go for as many colours as you can.
The '08 Roval Traversee's had a black to silver fade. My '09's came all black and look better than the '08's imo.
stainless spokes are better.. build better wheels (opens can of worms)