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BITD when it was all about MTBs, I was one of the 307 people who weren't interested and knew road bikes were where it's at...
Hence my assumption that Aerospokes on a MTB amounted to noob fail rather than period correctness... The hideous choice of white rather than black also seemed to indicate not stock, along with the tyres of course.
Curious as to the point of fitting aero monocoque wheels to a MTB, if it was anything beyond faddish bling?
Kimmo-
There were a lot of "innovations" that seemed like a good idea at the time .. exotic wheels you had Tioga disk wheel, Hed Ringle, Spengle, Spinergy etc
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I had a pair on my old trek, I did it because I was ‘COOL’ but it was a lot easier to clean and I never had bits of brush/undergrowth stuck in my spokes. So it was win win.
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Curious as to the point of fitting aero monocoque wheels to a MTB, if it was anything beyond faddish bling?
I think Spin were more common than spoks, but in either case the point was wheels which wouldn't go out of true rather than aero gainz
user87951
Chaley
gbj_tester
Tyres look wrong. But at resolution of the pic it appears a period build or survivor .. people raced on Aerospoke MTB wheels back in the day