Industry Nine (made by WAO)

 

Industry Nine (made by WAO)

Only the full system wheels (with the aluminum spokes).

The carbon “S” series with the steel spokes have rims made by Reynolds.

 

Berd Hawk 27 if you wanted to mess with the fancy spokes are made in Canada by WA1. I’d warn you about i9 hydra hubs though. So many other domestic hubs that don’t have severe bearing and axle problems

 

Didn‘t know WAO made their rims. Interesting.

 

Berd Hawk 27 if you wanted to mess with the fancy spokes are made in Canada by WA1. I’d warn you about i9 hydra hubs though. So many other domestic hubs that don’t have severe bearing and axle problems

Not saying there aren’t very specific instances that an I9 axle can’t have issue, but I’m on several years of Hydra’s without a single issue (and several friends).

Hardtails, full suspension, rocks, roots, clyde weights…

Never an issue.

And if you do happen to have an issue, I9 has yet to fail in stepping up and sending an updated axle.

 

I’m 2 for 2 on them. Axle update holding up so far, but time will tell.

 

Axle update holding up so far

Just wanted to quote that, for no particular reason. 😉

 

5. We are One (Canada I know but pretty close)

Pinkbike invasion of the United States is nearly complete. We'll all be eating Timbits by the time it is over.

 

 

I thought e11evens were but no bueno on their website.

 

That's about it. If no suitable option is found from that list, I am suprised.

 

That's about it. If no suitable option is found from that list, I am suprised.

All good options but nothing ideal. Looking for lightweight around the 30mm width mark. Nobl and light bike both have nice options in that category if I were to resort to Asian manufacture. M6’s are the right weight but have not enjoyed my dealings with that company and I don’t like the deep profile Or the eye watering price. Everything else on the list is pretty heavy. Atomiks are the lightest fusion fiber so that seems like the best option Just not much feedback. I wish reynolds was still making rims here or HED would get in the MTB market.

 

All good options but nothing ideal. Looking for lightweight around the 30mm width mark.

Weight is a factor, but oftentimes it's given more importance than is needed – even with wheels. Unless one is bantamweight (or close to it) or just simply has the goal of building the lightest wheels possible, the difference between reasonable or midweight and superlight rims or wheels isn't that noticeable.

I would take 50-100g of extra material on a rim every single time if it means less truing, longer service life and more durable build in general.

 

I would take a few hundred grams less if there was no difference in reliability.

 

Bontrager

 

Are they?

 

Are they?

Trek says they are, I guess I haven't fact checked them.

 

Really?


I'm seeing "made in the usa from global components" under one set of their road wheels but none of the mtb ones. I'm assuming that means they lace them up here with Asian rims. Would be cool if they did more than that but no indication they do.

 

I've had a set of these for 2 years or more and they've been on 2 different bikes. Nox Composites

 

I'm seeing "made in the usa from global components" under one set of their road wheels but none of the mtb ones. I'm assuming that means they lace them up here with Asian rims. Would be cool if they did more than that but no indication they do.

I see that stuff in my industry a lot.

"Made in Italy*"

* = actually the parts are all from China but we tossed some screws into those parts in Italy...

 

Astral might be domestically made; I haven’t been able to tell. They’re vague about it, but the price would suggest domestic manufacture.

Outback Carbon Rim, 700c

Rough Roads, Smooth Sailing The Outback Carbon is a rim for adventuring, and that means getting out there - picking a journey and riding through to the end – the Great Divide Route, The Oregon Outback, the Colorado Trail – or any trail or gravel adventure you can dream up. The 25mm internal...

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Serpentine Carbon Rim, 29

The Serpentine Carbon is a fast, 29-inch xc rim. A 30mm internal rim width is ready for wide tires, while its low weight makes for a dependable, nimble and snappy ride. We improve the stiffness, strength and longevity of a wheel build by using an asymmetric (ASYM) rim design than improves spoke...

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Nobody is going to be vague about domestic manufacturing. These are made in Asia

 

Astral only makes light of their in-house alloy rim production. If they manufactured carbon rims in-house, they would let everyone know.