Wanted: Front white Aerospoke

Anyone have one? I'll offer a good price if it's in a decent condition.

I've just finished my exams and need a front wheel to ride! Can anyone help me out here?
I'd be extremely grateful...

i'd buy a wheel and not a plastic toy for hipsters

I'm young and want to know what all the fuss is about!
EDIT: Plus, I think they look wicked.

Are those valid reasons?

yes.

of course they are. ignore dancing james, he is a toll.

of course they are. ignore dancing james, he is a toll.

what, slightly taxing

you are a tedious bullying cunt

Er, OK...

#notstalkin #notbullyin #justsayin

Aerospokes cost lives. Fact.

of course they are. ignore dancing james, he is a toll.

what, slightly taxing

I meant to say "troll". Which you are.

i think its actually good advice

there seem to be about 10 spoks on rotation in london

people buy them because they think they look cool, and then come up with all kinds of spurious excuses as to why they want one and why its good on their bike. this happens whilst their friends call them a hipster twat for buying something that they think looks cool but actually worsens the handling and performance of their bike

after a couple of months the owners then sell the wheel (frequently for about what they paid for it) and then admit to all their friends that the spok was shit, but they thought it looked cool and after a while the aesthetic gain was not worth the performance loss

...friends call them a hipster twat for buying something that they think looks cool but actually worsens the handling and performance of their bike...

Just (genuinely) interested to know how it worsens performance. Is it the rotational mass of it or something? I've not actually seen one in the flesh so I haven't got a clue.

Sadly, I have a deep dark desire to try one out, but that would be overridden by my stronger desire not to put anything on my bike that would make it worse (if that makes sense). Please help kill my secret repressed hipster lust!

Don't listen to that vacuous wank stain (not Tiswas, Prancing Crimes)...

Sure, they're heavy, overpriced, flex like you wouldn't believe and act like a sail when you hit any kind of crosswind... But aside from that they're lots of fun and they look great (on the right bike)...

I had one for nearly three years and enjoyed every moment... Apart from that one time when I rode it on the track... Big mistake...

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of course they are. ignore dancing james, he is a toll.

what, slightly taxing?

lol, very good.

aesthetic gain

Highly subjective.

Of course ^ this must "look cool" as I see people riding around on hybrids and mtbs (with the grips and controls at the ends of the handlebars where they usually are) holding on tight up close to the stem to recreate this "cool" look and to capture the excitement and superior "flow in traffic" that one gets with brakeless freewheel.
They even raise the saddle to achieve the toe down, stretched out arse wobble that completes this cutting edge style of urban riding.

it should probably have been "questionable aesthetic gain"

You're just jealous because you'll never be that cool

so that makes both of us

or do you have a spok on a real track bike (the most sensible use for them)?

^ Our hard-earned tax pounds at work...

I'm tempted to get a spok now just for the sake of irony. Would need to buy full Assos kit to go with it.

chris boardman's TT bike from 1947, shortly before everyone realised the wheels were actually shit.

(I'm pretty sure) There's a pic of him riding spokage in the Manchester 'drome.

Ha.. knew it.. my own photo of the photo from last year's world cup ^

White. Boardman = massive hipster.

DJ, if you have teenslain on ignore why do you keep reporting his posts?

IGNORE ffs