This is a beautiful Firefly commissioned by my friend Craig and built by the ex-Indepenedent Fabrication guys in Boston, MA. Gavin built the OG carbon wheels and I did the bike assembly. Installing the custom leather bar tape was one of the most stressful things I’ve done on a bike! -Tristan
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E-Bikes are the future of our sport. This is Tristan’s take on the perfect supercommuter bike with integrated lights, on 3D printed holders, fenders, Di2 shifting, and an extra 240 watts to get him up the hill home.
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Back in 2011 when disc brakes on road bikes were unimaginable I commissioned the perfect winter bike: A custom Indpendent Fabrication made in New Hampshire and fitted with fenders, discs, and lots of polished bits. Read the whole story on The Spoken
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This is a frame that I built at United Bicycle Industry in 2014 and which was featured on CyclingTips Bikes of the Bunch I took a TIG welding class at a local technical institute here in New Zealand before heading to Ashland Oregon for the class. Those evenings spent behind the welding hood really came […]
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Our wheelsets are sold around the world and when developing our hubs we took special care to ensure they would be easy to own and easy to service. No special tools are required to service the freehub body or swap between axle standards and hub bearings are normal sizes and easy to find.If you have […]
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All of us here at Wheelworks are Tubeless converts. Once you see the bright side of few punctures and supple low pressures it’s hard to go back. What do you think of Road Tubeless? Have you tried it? Have you gone back to regular tubes? Let us know in the comments!
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Huttcross is the yearly Wellington pilgrimage of mud: Based on traditional cyclocross but with it’s own flare and it’s own level of fun it’s organising committee have done an excellent job of providing great racing at the pointy end and cultivating a great atmosphere of participation and fun across all skill levels and grades. This […]
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Last week we shared some photos of a bright yellow Ritchey Outback on Instagram and our newsletter and I’ve had a lot of questions and comments on the bike so I thought I’d go into more detail about it. The bike belongs to Brent Backhouse – a graphic designer who does work for Rocket Espresso and Eleven, and whom […]
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The Maker AR is our most versatile wheelset and spans everything from #aeroiseverything road bikes through to adventure ready gravel bikes. We’ve added a 650b rim in 35mm depth to the existing 35mm, 50mm and 60mm options in 700c size to further increase the versatility. I’m a fanboy of Geoff Kabush (probably because he babysat […]
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We introduced our Dial hub family back in 2016 and they’ve been a popular hub choice for our customers ever since. The basic premise behind the Dial is a simple, reliable hubset which can be easily serviced at home without special tools and which is easily convertible between the many “standards” of the bike industry. […]
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