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Paulies New Onespeed bling!

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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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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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Wei’s aero A23s on Velocity Pro hubs – super light, tubeless, and don’t break the bank!

Wei’s aero A23s on Velocity Pro hubs – super light, tubeless, and don’t break the bank!

Wei approached us to build him a set of wheels. In discussing the options with him, we realised that we had a lovely set of ex-demo wheels that would suit his needs perfectly. The wheels feature DT Swiss Aerolite spokes

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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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