Seeking opinions - rims for my Al Mega DX...

I've just obtained a NOS pair of Ritchey Vantage Comp rims to use on my Alpinestars Al Mega DX build, but the decals are different to what originally came on the bike. I have the original rims (which some of you may remember I went to the painstaking task of getting replica original spec decals made for) but I really don't know what to do with these NOS rims...

Keep the original decals (stars n stripes look great, but not OE) or peel them off and re-sticker them with the pink & yellow ones? :shock: I suppose it boils down to whether they look okay as they are (being a different decal) or whether I should even contemplate peeling those decals off and replacing them with a "replica" decal?

Opinions valued. Cheers

Original vs replica rim decals (91 spec):


The NOS rim decals (possibly 89/90 spec?):

I would redecal them since this is your baby and its come this far. Its also a perfect match.

If it was a rider I would totally cheat - I would put those older decals on a set of Mavic 317s

jimi911":1sbdavy5 said:

I would redecal them since this is your baby and its come this far. Its also a perfect match.

If it was a rider I would totally cheat - I would put those older decals on a set of Mavic 317s

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Thanks Jim. I'm really torn with what to do - luckily I haven't got any 317s haha! I've got until Saturday to decide, as they're off to the LBS to be built - AT LONG LAST!!

I'd have to ask why worry so much about the decal? Unless you are building a period correct show bike that will be laughed out of town for not having the correct rim decal I'd leave them as they are.

ishaw":12y0tphh said:

I'd have to ask why worry so much about the decal? Unless you are building a period correct show bike that will be laughed out of town for not having the correct rim decal I'd leave them as they are.

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It's not period-correct as such. Most of it is with a few choice upgrades and a totally non-period fork

I appreciate the comments

jimi911":3qak6bi8 said:

I would redecal them since this is your baby and its come this far. Its also a perfect match.

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I'm with Jimi ^^

Retro Spud":30j5p2d5 said:

jimi911":30j5p2d5 said:

I would redecal them since this is your baby and its come this far. Its also a perfect match.

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I'm with Jimi ^^

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Thanks Nick. Yours and Jim's opinions are most valuable to me - you guys are as fastidious as I am, so if you think they need to be changed, then changed they will be!

I'll peel them off carefully and run some copies off Might also do some Mavic 231 while I'm at it as I have some of those rims I also want to refresh

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Those decals take up such a small part of the rim so as to not worry about them , id leave them, .....unless you want the samr decaks as original, then peel off and make new copies.

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02gf74":1a8fvpuh said:

Those decals take up such a small part of the rim so as to not worry about them , id leave them, .....unless you want the same decals as original, then peel off and make new copies.

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I do, but if the general consensus was that the stars'n'stripes ones should be left as-is (becasue they're NOS) then I might listen and not peel them off. But I'm going to remove them tomorrow and apply the 91-spec version so the wheels look as they did when the bike was new.

I have plenty of the pink/yellow 91-spec decals to go on. I've also sold about 20 pairs to RBers all over the world, in England, Canada, USA, Germany, France, Denmark & Australia! They're very popular

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evening...

a man after my own heart! I'm rebuilding a trek 8000 and struggling to get the correct matrix rims with the correct decals to finish it off - they are the last thing for me to source.

I'd go with the replica decals personally, if you had the original bike it's surprising the little touches you recall.