also noo wheels

[frankbauer@thevine.net]

>The wheels blew my mind.  16 inch **three** spoke Borbets.  I'm seriously
>considering whether I want to swap summer (six spoke stock) and winter wheel
>I think I fell into another one and came out smelling like a rose.
>Anyone know anything about these wheels?  They aren't in the current Tire
>Rack catalog.

these are the borbet type O.
i have seen them on a corrado before.
they were good for showing off the brake upgrades.
tr was selling them for about $150 in 1995.
you won't find an easier wheel design to keep clean!
however, i would be very carefully about hitting bumps with a 3-spoke.
that's a lot of unsupported rim between spokes for a cast alloy wheel...

frank

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