Technical Stuff — Classic

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Classic Wheel Builds Wheel Repairs

Why not?

Are your wheels driving you crazy? Won’t stay true? Hubs loosen all the time? Keep breaking spokes? Well, let our lunatics at the XLR8 “Temple of all things Round” get their greasy little mits dirty, and sort them out for

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DT Swiss – finest quality and engineering available now at XLR8

Aero Carbon Classic Cyclocross DT Swiss Lefty Shimano Wheel Builds

DT Swiss – finest quality and engineering available now at XLR8

DT Swiss traces a lineage back to drawing wire at a facility in Biel, Switzerland in the mid 1600s. in the early 1900s the first bicycle components were produced. By 1934 products ranged from spokes and rims to dust shields

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A tour around the H+Son Premium Rim Manufacturing Facility

Classic HED Track and Fixed Wheel Builds

A tour around the H+Son Premium Rim Manufacturing Facility

Check the video out for some new school approaches (laser etching, welded joins and beautiful finishes) to some of the finest road rims one can buy. A great watch!

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