Mavic Aksium

RubbishCyclist
RubbishCyclist Posts: 213
edited November 2012 in Road buying advice
Im going to replace the crappy standard wheels on my Caad 8 and ive decided on Mavic Aksiums, Merlin have them for £130 in black which seems pretty good but unfortunately i saw them in Silver on a Boardman in Halfords and now i really want a set in silver, can i heck find any though.

Anybody know where i might get them in Silver? I'd buy good used ones if i could find a set

Cheers
Graham

Comments

  • Funnily enough I bought a Boardman a couple of weeks back and that came with black Aksiums rather than the silver on the display model, I wonder if they've stopped making the silver ones?
  • I think they must have mate which is a shame as they look ace. I think i'll have to settle on the black ones in that case.

    On a side note my bike is white/black/green but every flippin wheelset seems to have red on which wouldnt be a good look
  • nochekmate
    nochekmate Posts: 3,460
    Remove the decals
  • jordan_217
    jordan_217 Posts: 2,580
    CRC have some 2009 ones, in silver, slight cosmetic damage, otherwise as new:

    http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=69833

    I wouldn't be put off by buying these but would query the extent of the damage, you can always send them back if they're a mess.
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  • On a side note my bike is white/black/green but every flippin wheelset seems to have red on which wouldnt be a good look

    Mt girlfriend was moaning about the same thing as her bike is white, grey and pale blue! Ended up with monatone Shimano R501s, not too bad colour matching wise and they seem to roll nice for budget price (also have a very quite free wheel mechanism which I'm a little jealous of ;) ).
  • t4tomo
    t4tomo Posts: 2,643
    nochekmate wrote:
    Remove the decals

    and search ebay for some decals in a matching colour, there are people who will print them to order to your own spec.

    or pop down halfords for a can a spray paint for the frame?
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  • jordan_217 wrote:
    CRC have some 2009 ones, in silver, slight cosmetic damage, otherwise as new:

    http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=69833

    I wouldn't be put off by buying these but would query the extent of the damage, you can always send them back if they're a mess.

    Thank you for that, never noticed the recycled section on crc before. Ill ring them and see what they say about them