Josh (our Chief Wheelbuilder and the denizen of all things technical) is heading up to Noosa Strade Bianchi this weekend. NSB is a vintage “gravelfondo” (gravel Granfondo for road bikes) held in the hinterland of Noosa, Qld with four rides
Alex found a used pair of Cannondale CODA hubs, and some new old stock Velocity Deep V rims. He contacted us to build them up. Knowing that these hubs feature DT/Hugi 240 “Ratchet System” freehub, and the rims are essentially
Way back in the early 90s, our head wheelbuilder was lucky enough to build oodles (a technical term) of the first commercially available carbon rims in the country – the Zipp 440....
Anna B’s voice could be heard loud and clear across social media – “my cyclocross wheels won’t accept 11speed!” XLR8 came to the rescue for this Singlespeed and MTB “grrrrrl” from Brisbane. She’s a well known racer with great results
Rheicel is well known to XLR8. We’ve built a couple of pairs of hoops for him before. We know he appreciates quality, and loves the retro aesthetic. More recently he’s been building up a Titanium road bike, and wanted a
