Technical Stuff — Shimano

Invest in hubs, and here's why.

May 06, 2018 • 27.5" • 29er • Aero • Alex Rims • All Mountain • Bontrager • Carbon • Classic • Cyclocross • DT Swiss • Easton • Enduro • Gravel • HED • Hope • Hplusson • Hybrid • Kinlin • Lefty • Nextie • Novatec • Pacenti • Project321 • Sapim • Shimano • Spank • Stan's No Tubes • Syntace • Track and Fixed • TT and Triathlon • Tubeless • Tune • Velocity • Wheel Builds • Wheel Repairs • White Industries • XLR8 Hubs • XLR8 Rims • Zelvy • Zipp

We've been doing this bike wheels thing for a while now, and there's one constant .... hubs are an investment. Buy wisely, and buy once. A good set of hubs will last several sets of rims. We recommend spending at least as much on hubs as the rest of the wheelset. Why? Aren't the rims the core of a wheelset? As we see it, rims are somewhat consumable. Certainly in the case of rim brake rims, as wear on the brake tracks will one day compromise rim integrity, and they'll need to be replaced. With the emergence of disc brakes...

A little love …

December 03, 2013 • Classic • Shimano • Wheel Builds • Wheel Repairs

We pride ourselves in offering the same level of service whether you buy all the parts for your build through us, or supply them to us. We are often rebuilding hubs for customers. We can even arrange a mirror like

DT Swiss – finest quality and engineering available now at XLR8

October 11, 2013 • Aero • Carbon • Classic • Cyclocross • DT Swiss • Lefty • Shimano • Wheel Builds

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