About the Spinergy Zero Light from the previous post,
the color of the Zylon spokes is nearly the same as
Tubolito's TPU tube (a high-end inner tube brand), which didn't exist when the wheel first came out,
so they might look good together.
That's all well and good, but the original rim
had traces of once having Michelin Pro 3 Race tires with orange sidewalls.
The reason is that melted tire compound had stuck to the inside of the bead hook near the valve hole.
I can definitively say the tire was a Pro 3 Race because
Pro 2 Race, Pro 4 Race, and budget models from that era like
Lithion don't come in orange sidewall versions.
↑Similar examples
↑This is a Pro 4 Endurance, and the "O" part of "PRO4"
appears at the same location on both left and right sides of the tire,
so they'd position that spot at the valve hole phase on the rim.
The reason is unclear, but with certain-era Michelin clincher tires,
the compound melts at the valve hole phase
and sticks to the inside of the bead hook.
During wheel inspections, even without a tire mounted, I've been able to identify
that a Michelin tire had been fitted and name the sidewall color,
or go even further—for instance, when a wheel came in fitted with
Continental Grand Prix 4000 all-black, I could tell it had been on
a yellow-green Merida or Cannondale bike.
This happened multiple times because
yellow-green Pro 4 Race residue was stuck on the rim
even though a different tire was currently fitted.
↑This shows the moment when bumps started forming around the Pro 4 Race bead at the valve hole phase and the compound started peeling off.
I could identify that yellow tire as a Pro 4 Endurance because
the Pro 4 Race sidewall color extends all the way around to the bead,
but on the Pro 4 Endurance, only the side tread up to where the rim tilts for ground contact is colored,
and the bead section is black.
the color of the Zylon spokes is nearly the same as
Tubolito's TPU tube (a high-end inner tube brand), which didn't exist when the wheel first came out,
so they might look good together.
That's all well and good, but the original rim
had traces of once having Michelin Pro 3 Race tires with orange sidewalls.
The reason is that melted tire compound had stuck to the inside of the bead hook near the valve hole.
I can definitively say the tire was a Pro 3 Race because
Pro 2 Race, Pro 4 Race, and budget models from that era like
Lithion don't come in orange sidewall versions.
↑Similar examples
↑This is a Pro 4 Endurance, and the "O" part of "PRO4"
appears at the same location on both left and right sides of the tire,
so they'd position that spot at the valve hole phase on the rim.
The reason is unclear, but with certain-era Michelin clincher tires,
the compound melts at the valve hole phase
and sticks to the inside of the bead hook.
During wheel inspections, even without a tire mounted, I've been able to identify
that a Michelin tire had been fitted and name the sidewall color,
or go even further—for instance, when a wheel came in fitted with
Continental Grand Prix 4000 all-black, I could tell it had been on
a yellow-green Merida or Cannondale bike.
This happened multiple times because
yellow-green Pro 4 Race residue was stuck on the rim
even though a different tire was currently fitted.
↑This shows the moment when bumps started forming around the Pro 4 Race bead at the valve hole phase and the compound started peeling off.
I could identify that yellow tire as a Pro 4 Endurance because
the Pro 4 Race sidewall color extends all the way around to the bead,
but on the Pro 4 Endurance, only the side tread up to where the rim tilts for ground contact is colored,
and the bead section is black.