Yes, know what you mean. Spoked wheels all the way.What a waste of time that was: Cleaned up the wheels, polished the spokes and rims and painted the rest, I thought they might look good on this bike, not to be though, they look bloody awful! I won't worry fixing the rear wheel, waste of time. Very disappointing, looks like it's going to be polished hubs, rims and stainless spokes.