Wheelworks.co.nz, Handbuilt wheels by Tristan Thomas

Here is another great pair of Stan’s ZTR Olympic rims, this time laced to Shimano’s excellent XTR hubs. This year’s XTR hubs have a quicker engagement freehub body and larger diameter axles. This same design is carried down to XT but without the titanium freehub body which this hub uses.

The Stan’s ZTR Olympic rims have the newer decal style. Personally I think these decals look more modern but the red colour will smudge slightly if you use turpentine – I use turps to clean the bed of the rim before applying the air tight yellow tape so I need to be careful not to get any on the decals.

Spokes for this build are DT Swiss Revolution for the front and rear non-driveside and stiffer DT Swiss Competitions on the rear driveside. The Revolution spokes use alloy nipples and the Competitions have brass to add a bit of durability to the driveside.