Latest Custom Builds — Wheel Builds

Anna B’s Sublime Cyclocross Hoops

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Anna B’s Sublime Cyclocross Hoops

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

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Jacob’s Blue T11s on HED Belgium Plus – fat, blue and stiff!

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Jacob’s Blue T11s on HED Belgium Plus – fat, blue and stiff!

Jacob sought advice regarding an issue he had with his top of the range factory built wheelset – they just weren’t stiff enough. He noticed the rear wheel was flexing and robbing him of power. We worked closely with him

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Rheicel’s Uber Light Alloy Tubeless Goodness! A23s on White Industries T11 Hubs.

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Rheicel’s Uber Light Alloy Tubeless Goodness! A23s on White Industries T11 Hubs.

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

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Rich’s Mavic Reflex Ceramic on White Industries T11

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Rich’s Mavic Reflex Ceramic on White Industries T11

Richard is building up a beautiful Eddy Merckx MX Leader re-issue in Motorola livery. This is the same frame that Lance won the World Championships, and is regarded (rightfully) as one of the greatest steel road frames of all time*.

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Jose’s Reynolds Stratus DV UL Repair

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Jose’s Reynolds Stratus DV UL Repair

Jose came to us with a pair of wheels he’d bought via a popular auction site. He asked us to help glue some new tubular tyres on for him. Unfortunately we had to advise him of the bad news, the

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