Okay, so all that about a Hope Mono Hub laced to an Open Pro was trashed the other night when I snagged a pair of Mavic Ksyrium SSCs (circa 2004) on ebay for 370 bucks. Yes, a pair. Yes, the ones with the fancy as shit black aero spokes. Considering the Hope alone would have cost me around 200 bucks, I am very very pleased with this purchase...furthermore it's not like all 125 pounds of me will be working the SSCs too hard anyway. Fuck yesssssss. Pictures as soon as they get here and mounted. They're even coming with Mavic Open Pro 2s in YELLOW(!)