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@Dan_W
Ummed and arred about this all week, and got in from the club this morning and pressed the buy button. I got me a (real, ex display model) Comete!
So now I want the 5 spoke at the front, however the IO (that's the (little bit iconic) wheel in the track picks above) is only available in track (so no braking surface). Oh, and it's silly money (£2.5kish).
So...I'm so close to the disc/5 spoke look, I'm still gunning for it. Back to my budget friends on Aliexpress, you can get Road versions of that are similar to the IO (actually copies of the FWD 5 spoke, though to the naked eye...). I can get it and either
1.Leave it black
2.Leave it black but with Mavic tyres that carry the logo (and mavic skewers)
3.Stick Mavic decals on (the blank wheel)
4.Get the guys to put on the decals at source (then clear coat) (apparently they can do this and I can check it before it's sent)
I'm erring towards option 2 or 4 - 4 might cheapen the build, whereas 2 has the feeling of "well I'm not actually lying..."