I have no issues admitting when I was wrong, or when I was too quick to judge something. Yesterday I got a box from Sun Ringlé and Profile Fixed once again. This time, it had MTX 33's in 26". After riding around for a brief while, I've decided to go with 26" wheels. I spoke to Sun and Profile and asked them if it was OK to do this and they're fine with it. Now's your chance to win my old wheelset (pictured above). Both wheels are 100% true and tensioned, the tires are fairly new and they're ready to roll. All you have to do is enter the contest by:
-Take a photo of your taco'd or trashed 700c wheels.
-Post the photo in the comments.
-Make sure your photo is tagged with "width=500".
-Winner will be picked today.
Now GO!
Comments
cant post a pic cause the bike is at home with a flat I got last night and was unable to fix in time for the ride to work. Stand assured that the wheels are so dented and untrued that I get a flat virtually every three days of commuting on the piece of shit streets we have in Seattle. hook it up please!!!!
Posted by: daniel | April 1, 2010 9:40 AM
Speaking as one of John's sponsors, and the guy that sent him those hubs, I am, in point of fact, fine with this.
Posted by: Christian | April 1, 2010 9:43 AM
Nose pivot to full cab and snap!
Posted by: Jake | April 1, 2010 9:44 AM
fine 700 frontwheel trashed by acar.
Posted by: stefan | April 1, 2010 9:48 AM
Posted by: ian freeze | April 1, 2010 9:52 AM
Posted by: jeff | April 1, 2010 10:08 AM
Seriously...april fools?
Posted by: JD | April 1, 2010 10:10 AM
Me vs. Escalade at 25 mph:
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It also snapped the fork:
The above images were taken with my hand in a cast, so that's why they suck.
Posted by: Craig | April 1, 2010 10:10 AM
TOLD YA SOOOO !!!! hahahahahaha (and yes, caps lock was totally necessary :)
Posted by: jesse Johnston | April 1, 2010 10:11 AM
Also, bonus pic of the broken downtube and fork:
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Posted by: Craig | April 1, 2010 10:12 AM
Busted wheel collection, crippling 3 complete bikes of mine, a new wheel set would be appreciated.
Posted by: Dusty Gorilla | April 1, 2010 10:13 AM
26"? Sacrebleu!
Posted by: Luke Stiles | April 1, 2010 10:14 AM
Posted by: dstrong | April 1, 2010 10:20 AM
Posted by: SSSasky | April 1, 2010 10:23 AM
dang!! I'm stuck at work for the next 7 hours, then going straight to polo where my last wheel got destroyed. bent rim, broken spokes spokes wrapped around their neighbors just so I could get back in the game. rime finally gave up the ghost.
could really use a strong wheelset though.
- Fatty "oneofthefewleftplayingfixedpolo" McBastard
Posted by: Fatty McBastard | April 1, 2010 10:27 AM
lets see a pic of your new dual 26 set up prolly.
Posted by: julio | April 1, 2010 10:30 AM
Yeah I guess it's chill to sell out....
Posted by: Xxxxxxxxxcc | April 1, 2010 10:33 AM
bike vs. car
Posted by: stephen | April 1, 2010 10:34 AM
This total 180 on your 26" stance makes me a little apprehensive. I smell an April fools joke!
Posted by: erkq | April 1, 2010 10:37 AM
nice april fools prolls
Posted by: Kmurder | April 1, 2010 10:49 AM
Let's see a pic of the new wheels!
Posted by: Gordon | April 1, 2010 11:06 AM
It's true - we accidentily shipped Prolly the WRONG sized wheels. Instead of taking 'em back we've decided to just let him do what he pleases with them. Seeing he's beat his set like it owes him money and they're still going strong someone is gonna get a killer set of wheels.
Russell @ SUNringle'
Posted by: Russell | April 1, 2010 11:09 AM
[IMG]http://i47.tinypic.com/fbcp52.jpg[/IMG]
after 2 hours of thrashing. RIP Sun Ringle Rhino Lyte
Posted by: charles schoen | April 1, 2010 11:11 AM
Word.
I had a sneaky feeling that 26" was going to take over. When you told me yesterday that Sun was sending you 26" MTX's I wasn't surprised. Maybe you'll finally have a wheelset that you won't destroy.
Looks like we'll be stocking up on 26" rims.
Posted by: Drew | April 1, 2010 11:12 AM
welcome to the dark side mr watson.
you may need to swap your rear cog in for a smaller one though, i lost 5 gear inches when i made the switch, so i just when up 3 teeth in my tree-lite 30/13 in 700c to now 33/13 in 26".
Posted by: mike schmitt | April 1, 2010 11:18 AM
26" eh? nice
Posted by: Vas | April 1, 2010 11:18 AM
Posted by: Derek Joseph | April 1, 2010 11:27 AM
ditching 700's? april fools, right?
Posted by: butch | April 1, 2010 11:29 AM
glad to have you aboard.
Posted by: wonka | April 1, 2010 11:32 AM
Is this an April Fools joke?
Posted by: Chris | April 1, 2010 11:47 AM
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Posted by: Sam | April 1, 2010 11:49 AM
hub is completely stripped from riding, cant ride until i get money to get a new wheel..really bad formula to i dont even know rim, doesnt look bad but its not even ridable. sorry about the bad pics.
Posted by: Andyg | April 1, 2010 11:53 AM
...april fools!
Posted by: travis | April 1, 2010 11:53 AM
i could use a solid set of wheels haha.
making a video takes its toll on wheels for sure.
Posted by: zach lee | April 1, 2010 11:53 AM
It'd be really funny if this was an April Fools joke, but only revealed after dozens of people go out of their way to showcase their battered wheels
Posted by: Jamie | April 1, 2010 12:00 PM
April Fools or are you for real Prolly?
Posted by: Jackson B | April 1, 2010 12:02 PM
Posted by: sho kosughi | April 1, 2010 12:03 PM
A few days ago I was riding around the city of Richmond and ran into a wall. I know there really isnt a smooth way to accomplish that, but this was a damn smooth fall and it blows my mind that things turned out the way they did. I was late meeting up with some boys for a ride so after I realized I hadn't hurt myself I mounted my bike and then i realized this...
Posted by: Noah | April 1, 2010 12:05 PM
bike vs truck
Posted by: lawrence siu | April 1, 2010 12:07 PM
bike vs truck = hospital + no wheels
Posted by: lawrence siu | April 1, 2010 12:09 PM
Ran off the road by a ups truck.
Posted by: radam | April 1, 2010 12:12 PM
just in case those pics dont show up
http://www.flickr.com/photos/48902480@N07/4481366663/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/48902480@N07/4482016588/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/48902480@N07/4481366795/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/48902480@N07/4482016642/
haha, sorry about the quality, I couldve waited till 3pm to borrow my buddys D300 to take the pics, but i got impatient and used photobooth on my macbook.
Posted by: Noah | April 1, 2010 12:14 PM
Me vs. Econoline
Posted by: Michael | April 1, 2010 12:28 PM
you've moved to the dark side! omg, im so stoked! Wonka texted me early this morning and told me about this, hahaa. John!
Posted by: Torey Thornton | April 1, 2010 12:29 PM
Please tell me this is April Fools! Send me the Rims John!
Posted by: RyanK | April 1, 2010 12:31 PM
April Fools!
Posted by: drew leshko | April 1, 2010 12:34 PM
How generous of you to be giving out a set of wheels, on this, the first day of April. You sure were a fool in the past for disliking 26" wheels!
Posted by: Jerrylikesbikes | April 1, 2010 12:35 PM
April fools?
Can I have the wheelset for being right?
Posted by: jimjim | April 1, 2010 12:37 PM
you gotta show us that bruiser on 26's... ive been thinking of setting mine up with 26 wheelset. show it off, cant wait to see how it looks.
Posted by: fugly | April 1, 2010 12:38 PM
...April fools?
Posted by: sam | April 1, 2010 12:41 PM
26" = april fools?
Posted by: fred | April 1, 2010 12:51 PM
obviously april fools.
send me the wheels anywhays
http://blogs.ocweekly.com/stickaforkinit/taco_man.gif
Posted by: algot | April 1, 2010 12:53 PM
April fools?
Posted by: Tom Mosher | April 1, 2010 12:55 PM
April fools
Posted by: E | April 1, 2010 1:06 PM
Posted by: JAKE SANTOS | April 1, 2010 1:15 PM
i am a pretty small girl...this wheel is shredded and non ride able-
OVAL!
Posted by: erin eby | April 1, 2010 1:15 PM
brooklyn dali
http://www.flickr.com/photos/48996918@N08/4482034794/
Posted by: lawrence siu | April 1, 2010 1:27 PM
April fools?
Posted by: Murder | April 1, 2010 1:31 PM
brooklyn dali
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/48996918@N08/4482231800/sizes/o/in/photostream/)
Posted by: lawrence siu | April 1, 2010 1:34 PM
prollys full of it. whats the date again...
Posted by: digital goatee | April 1, 2010 1:44 PM
brooklyn dali
(hope the img works this time.)
Posted by: lawrence siu | April 1, 2010 1:52 PM
its april 1st. (*scratches head)
Posted by: sorry charlie | April 1, 2010 2:18 PM
April Fools Day joke?
Posted by: jordan | April 1, 2010 2:25 PM
I declare Shenanigans!
Posted by: AprilFools | April 1, 2010 2:34 PM
bulllll
Posted by: Young gun | April 1, 2010 5:38 PM
After getting in a hit and run with an inattentive moped diving across a few lanes of traffic. Picture was taken after a helpful cab driver jumped up and down on it for a while, straightening it out a little bit.
Posted by: Dan | April 2, 2010 10:32 AM