Random question for the Spitfire historians here in the chat. When were Tablets introduced (2019?)? Was there a Tablet-like Spitfire wheel in the 90s? I swear at one point I rode Tablets for a while but maybe they were a different blocky Spitfire wheel.
That ad / pic is always such a rad one to see, but wheels from back then were all very squared off, for the most part, so even from the late 80s, early 90s the shape was significantly different now to what it used to be.
When Spitfire first brought out the Formula Four in 2013, they had four options, Classic 99 duro, Full 99, Classic 101 and Tablet 101, again not quite the same shape as is now, but very similar, in that it was flat sided with minimal curved corners.
I don't have any 80s Spitfire wheels, but I have seen pics and people have had them on ebay a fair bit over the years, so the easiest to find and look at similar type of wheel is the old Powell or OJs reissues or even the still current original urethane Spitfire 60mm Classic wheel, the really big square one with the red swirl graphic. Note NOT the Formula Four Classic, which is rounded.
Also in looking through things, this was the only reasonable (but tiny) pic with Spitfire wheels from 1988 or so - very much the similar shape to what is now the OG Classic shape, the one from the ad in 60 mm 95 duro, which was fairly common middle ground back then for a wheel.
https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/679621400009863958/