Coaxial wiring just means that instead of two copper wires running side by side, like a shotgun barrel, one cable goes down the center of an insulated tube, and that...

There are lots of fancy thru axle adapters out there for wheel building. Ain’t none of them as easy to use or as inexpensive as these here. They’re made by...

Velocity makes rim in the US. Besides some carbon manufacturers, they’re the only ones who bother to do that, yet their prices are similar to the rims made in China...

Velocity used to be known for deep V rims painted in garish colors. The rims were heavy, radially overbuilt, and laterally just so so. Messengers rode them, and as an...

Small flange road hubs always remind me of old Hi-E hubs, which are up there with the coolest hubs ever made.  Super light, sealed bearing, at a time when both...

Shutter Precision hubs are made in an old camera shutter factory in Taiwan (actually true!). The Precision part of their name comes from the owner’s penchant for making detailed microdot...

I nominate this wheelset for the Best Looking Wheelset of the Year.  Glossy finish on the anodized hubs, which also feature understated graphics.  The rims look like liquid black, a...

All of the good stuff in one wheelset.  Bitex boost hubs (labeled Velocity, but they’re Bitex, and that means they’re quality), 6 bolt discs (centerlock discs often have play at...

Durable, no-BS wheelset that’s laced and tensioned in the US by people, not robots.  Blunt 35 rims our the shop favorite for most applications involving ATB riding.  Bike packing, mountain...

In 2004 or so, Corey Benson and I decided to build the world’s lightest mountain bike.  Corey had recently shipped a Moots YBB worth a grippy grundle, and UPS had...

This rim is NOT for everyone.  If you are over 180 lbs, or dent rims, want to run more than 30 psi, or want to tour, get the Velocity Blunt...

E Thirteen by the Hive is a 1997 trip hop remix album featuring sub par cuts from Tricky wannabes found at the listening station at Borders Books & Music.  You need...

In the dark olden times, when a downhill bike had only 2 inches of travel, and Grafton still made cranks, when Sam Adams was considered craft beer, and before any...

Back when Linkin Park wasn’t on the oldies station, when Jncos billowed like spinnakers and when everyone thought Spencer’s gift store was alternative, there were very few good rim makers....

Spank is a downhill bro company, and gravel riders and tourists tend to steer clear of the flat brim crowd.  That's too bad, as Spank is secretly making some of...

Velocity Aileron rims would have offended my delicate art school bike mechanic sensabilities in 2001. But that was 17 years ago. Having ridden wider, taller rims, I not only get...

When people think touring hubs, they often think about a brand that rhymes with Will Hood. I think it’s because 'rhymes with Will Hood' hubs are heavy and shiny, and...

There are way more crappy hubs out there than good hubs. This is especially true for rear hubs, which are more complicated and therefore easier to muck up from an...

Bitex quietly makes some really great, affordable hubs. No logos. No hype. No advertising campaign. No pros ride them. But they’re good. The touring hub is especially good. Everything about...

Velocity has a strange penchant for making both really beautiful rims and really, really ugly ones. Like if ole J.S. Bach wrote both the Goldberg Variations and trap music with...

White Industries. Dang. Where do I start? I’ve been selling White Industries stuff for almost 20 years, and have only ever had a handful of issues, okay only two. I’ll...

Maybe one day someone will come along and make a better dynamo hub than the Schmidt. Until that day, know that the Schmidt hub is the best dynamo hub out...

Bitex has been quietly making super nice hubs for years. These hubs are startilingly affordable, considering the quality: same bearings (enduro sealed) and bearing count that White Industries uses. Cold...