Offered: Old road bike wheelset

I've got an old set of 700c wheels that need a home - don't get too excited, they're from an old road bike, so are NOT fixed.

The rear is a mavic open 4 on a shimano 600 low flange hub, a couple of spokes are missing, but comes with gear block

The front has a sticker that is half ripped off that says 'GTX' and the low flange hub says 'Rival sealed' on it - no idea what they are, really

There's tyres and tube, too, which are 'OK' (read: a bit knackered, but will last a while)...

Now, while I'm not exactly selling the benefits of these wheels, they're FREE to a good home. At worst, there's a back up/temporary front wheel there, at best you could remove the rear block and put in one of these to turn a road bike into a fixed wheel - although at £50, that might be more trouble then they're worth.

Either way, I want shot of them, they're cluttering up my flat. If you want them, let me know - I'll be at polo tomorrow and can bring them with me.

If not, I'll just chuck them in the canal with the dead prostitutes and smack needles...

Can i have heads up? need a set to get me around on until i can afford some deep vs :)

They're yours if you want them, but remember they're road bike wheels, with the block of gears at the back

Polo tomorrow? I'll be there from about 1-3, I think...

Oh balls, i got all excited and didn't read it properly!! ha ha!! Sorry, back to the canal they go :-) I've got 3 of those in the back garden already, i can just see the look on my girlfriends face when i walk through the house with yet more bike bits

They're up for grabs still :)

(thank you all the same though Sano)

Well, I threw them in the canal...

so much for the milk of human kindness; let them join the crack needles, shopping trolleys and dead prostitutes...

:( Oh balls i was just going to ask if anyone had any tyres and tubes going spare! Which canal did you throw them in? ;)

it was a metaphorical canal. They were left in the bin shed of our building with a 'take me' sign...

I actually have an old set of tyres that were given to me by Hael, who said they're terrible. They look like pretty thick rubber, but I took his word for it and changed them out right away. Yours if you want them. I can probably dig up a set of patched tubes, if you like?

Are they any good, i mean grip etc? Why didn't hael like them? just need them for a hack bike.

Sano, I know it's some time back, but are those road wheels still hanging about? Appreciate it if you'd let me know. Cheers.