Latest Custom Builds — Wheel Builds

Richard's Chris King hubs rebuilt onto Syntace W35 27.5inch hoops

27.5" All Mountain Enduro Sapim Syntace Tubeless Wheel Builds

Richard's Chris King hubs rebuilt onto Syntace W35 27.5inch hoops

Richard gave us a call after buying a new frame. He described the wheels we built him a couple of years ago as "flawless" and wanted more of the same for his new bike. So similar in fact, that he asked if we would transfer his used Chris King hubs onto new 27.5" W35 rims (from his original W35 26" hoops we had built previously).  Of course we could! He sent us up the old wheelset, and we were happy to see that the wheels had beautiful even tensions despite having been ridden really hard across Sydney's Northern Beaches rock gardens - a punishing place...

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John's Hope on Spank Oozy 295 Singlespeed Wheel

29er All Mountain DT Swiss Hope Spank Tubeless Wheel Builds

John's Hope on Spank Oozy 295 Singlespeed Wheel

John got in contact when the original rear wheel from his GT Singlespeed died. It didn't last long. He wanted a bombproof solution that would last. We specced the Hope Singlespeed/Trials rear hub and the Spank Oozy 295 Trail 29er rim. These are a light yet light alloy rim that's suitable for XC and Trail duties, and is nice and wide with an excellent tubeless ready profile. Of course the hub is a known quantity - utterly reliable and pretty light too. Keeping things simple and tough, the wheel was built with custom cut DT Swiss Champion spokes and brass...

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Josh’s Carbon Wonder Hoops on White Industries ENO Eccentric Disc and XMR

All Mountain Carbon Cyclocross Enduro Gravel Sapim Wheel Builds White Industries

Josh’s Carbon Wonder Hoops on White Industries ENO Eccentric Disc and XMR

Our chief wheelbuilder has been threatening to build a new singlespeed for years now. He considers his ’08 Santa Cruz Chameleon to be the finest handling hardtail he’s ever ridden, but it is getting long in the tooth, and those

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Andy’s HED Belgium C2 on White Industries T11

Classic HED Sapim Wheel Builds

Andy’s HED Belgium C2 on White Industries T11

Andy worked out pretty quickly that the original wheels supplied on his new Trek were really not to the same standard as the rest of the bike. It’s not uncommon for factory specced wheelsets to be quite low quality, in

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Peter’s stunning White Industries CLD on Stan’s Grail

Cyclocross Gravel Sapim Stan's No Tubes Wheel Builds White Industries

Peter’s stunning White Industries CLD on Stan’s Grail

Peter was not impressed with the feel and the weight of the wheels that came on his Specialized Roubaix Disc. He specifically needed a stronger rim (for the potholed and unsurfaced roads he rides) and wanted a wider rim, for

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