So my quest for new bicycle wheels is finally over. I found a set of very lightly used Mavic Aksiums on Craigslist for a good price. This same kind of wheel shows up every now and then for sale, as they come standard on a lot of bikes and people swap them out for nicer ones. They are plenty nice for me though, and a good upgrade from the ones I have now. (Especially considering mine are bent.) I’ve always missed out on buying them before, somebody always gets them before me. This time, after trading a few anonymous emails, it turned out I actually knew the guy selling them so he hooked me up. Small world. As an added bonus, he loaned me the tools to swap them out so I don’t have to pay the shop to do that. I’m pretty excited to get them on and go riding, as I am sure these new black ones are going to be considerably faster than the gray ones I have now.
I’m gonna need a new bike…
Man they are pretty sweet, I am ready to ride. I swapped the cassette myself though so there is about a 85% chance of catastrophic failure while cruising down the road.
Cassette? Dude, don’t you know we have already progressed past cassettes to CD’s and MP3’s???
Don’t make fun of me or I’ll wear bike shorts to work. Then you’ll be sorry.
Who will be sorrier? You or I? Think about it.