Latest Custom Builds — Wheel Builds

There’s something in the water at the moment!

Alex Rims DT Swiss Shimano Wheel Builds Wheel Repairs

There’s something in the water at the moment!

More folding bike wheels … same wheelbuilding methods, but differing specs required to get the most you can out of the bike and rider, for their intended purpose. It’s just what we do. Internal gear hubs, yep we can do

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Marcel’s Syntace W35 27.5″ 650b on MI6 “Forever” Build

27.5" Wheel Builds White Industries

Marcel’s Syntace W35 27.5″ 650b on MI6 “Forever” Build

Marcel has a beautiful Liteville 27.5 trail rig, and came to XLR8 to source some Enduro wheels that would “last forever”. He is an “early adopter”. Marcel was one of the first in the Sydney MTB scene to embrace the

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Sean’s Hope and White Industries on Evo SuperComp 29er build

Wheel Builds White Industries

Sean’s Hope and White Industries on Evo SuperComp 29er build

Sean has just bought a beautiful twin top tube Siren Twinzer 29er. This do anything steel hardtail is simply stunning to look at, and with Sean’s new wheels, will ride beautifully as well. He needed some reliable but reasonably light

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What do sentimental wheel nerds do in their own time? The Zipp 440 rebuild.

Aero Carbon Classic Cyclocross Shimano Wheel Builds Wheel Repairs

What do sentimental wheel nerds do in their own time? The Zipp 440 rebuild.

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....

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Paulies New Onespeed bling!

Lefty Project321 Stan's No Tubes Wheel Builds

Paulies New Onespeed bling!

Paulie is a long term friend and old customer of XLR8. He owns four or five sets of XLR8 wheels – from road to MTB. He’s been beset with some bad luck lately, so in order to cheer him up

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