Latest Custom Builds — Wheel Builds

Craig’s Fat Blue Zelvies!

27.5" Carbon DT Swiss Project321 Wheel Builds Zelvy

Craig’s Fat Blue Zelvies!

XLR8 was recommended to Craig by another customer of ours. We like that, it makes us confident that we spec and build great wheels. It is happening more and more these days! Craig requested a great set of carbon hoops

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Neil’s well considered Kinlin’s on Novatec – strong, light, inexpensive (Keith Bontrager was wrong!)

Kinlin Novatec Sapim Wheel Builds

Neil’s well considered Kinlin’s on Novatec – strong, light, inexpensive (Keith Bontrager was wrong!)

We’ve been working with Neil for quite a while. He’s been building a couple of new bike from scratch, and knew that a factory wheelset was not going to cut it. He’s a big dude (but not specifically heavy at

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Christie Rattles a World Champ

DT Swiss TT and Triathlon Wheel Builds XLR8 Rims

Christie Rattles a World Champ

You may remember that we’ve been helping Christie Sym get back to racing as a Pro Triathlete. Well, her persistence (and her XLR8 Mistral’s) paid off at last week’s Challenge Melbourne 70.3 Triathlon (that’s pretty much a half Ironman –

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Daniel’s Zelvy’s on Hope Evo

27.5" All Mountain Hope Sapim Wheel Builds Zelvy

Daniel’s Zelvy’s on Hope Evo

Daniel’s Banshee Rune is a 6 inch travel All-Mountain monster, and is intended for the rough stuff. Daniel is no lightweight either, so speccing the right carbon hoops for him required a bit of consideration. He wanted these wheels to

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Rolling in glitter! The Prolite Bracchiano to Track wheel conversion.

Sapim Track and Fixed Wheel Builds Wheel Repairs

Rolling in glitter! The Prolite Bracchiano to Track wheel conversion.

Richard has been using these Pro-Lites for some time, and found them to be a pretty good option for local criteriums. They were reasonably stiff, and being a cheaper pair of wheels, he wasn’t to worried about them getting damaged

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