Latest Custom Builds — Classic

Nigel’s Sweet New Hplusson Archetypes on Record

• Classic • Hplusson • Sapim • Wheel Builds

Nigel’s Sweet New Hplusson Archetypes on Record

Nigel is another repeat customer. We’ve helped him out a bit, and we share a love of vintage Eddy Merckx steel frames. Nigel’s latest acquisition is a lovely near new Merckx MX Leader (MXL) made from the highly revered Columbus

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Fast, furious, and non-ferrous

• Classic • Track and Fixed • Wheel Builds

Fast, furious, and non-ferrous

No rocket science to this cross town rocket ship. Add a proven alloy track frame, some carbon road forks, and a set of XLR8 Rouleurs and there you have it … a “Commuter World Championships” winning onespeed for every occasion.

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Les’s Silver XLR8 hubs on Polished Hplusson Archetypes

• Classic • Hplusson • Sapim • Wheel Builds • XLR8 Hubs

Les’s Silver XLR8 hubs on Polished Hplusson Archetypes

We build a lot of polished hubs and rims for the retro crowd. Rebuilds on Campag and Shimano are frequent, but occasionally we get the request to build a modern interpretation of the oldschool wheelset. Les bought a new Focus

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Neil’s silver commuter rebuild on polished Kinlin XC279 rims

• Classic • Cyclocross • Kinlin • Wheel Builds • XLR8 Hubs

Neil’s silver commuter rebuild on polished Kinlin XC279 rims

You might remember Neil? We put together a nice pair of premium Novatec hubs onto some Kinlin XC-279 rims, and shipped them off to him, last month. Well, he likes them so much, he saw a pair of XC-279 rims

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Very very happy with them!

• Classic • Sapim • TT and Triathlon • Velocity • Wheel Builds • XLR8 Hubs

Very very happy with them!

It’s great when you get a huge rap via email from a new customer! Stephen needed some new wheels for winter riding in Adelaide. Alloy was preferred, due to motivation often seeing him ride the rain with his small (but

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