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Please post pictures of your bikes, and bike adventures. Let's see those wheels in action! Use this link, or the link above to add your pictures and comments. Thanks, Joe Young
Our Wheels are as Unique as our Customers
We LOVE it when we get pics back of our customers adventures using our wheels. Adventure touring is just one of the many uses for our customers built wheels. We build what you need, we do not use a cookie cutter approach. The wheel set in the pictures was designed for Michael French. Michael needed [...]
Building wheels with Balance!
While building wheels for pro-racers, Olympians, and top team mechanics, Joe Young has learned how to minimize the distortion that throws a wheel out of balance. Balance is the natural, harmonious state of things, for wheels as well as people. Wheels come apart for the same reasons you do. When we push too hard for [...]
DT Hubs
I love DT Hubs. The exploded picture of a 240s hub (DT Swiss website), shows what can be accomplished by a simple design and exacting craftsmanship. All of their hubs use the same design. You can see the 100% contact drive disks (#2) with the simple engagement springs. Observe the four preset cartridge bearings (#3) [...]
NY Times Article
I thought this article in the NY Times was very interesting and worth sharing. The point is if you are going to ride carbon fiber wheels, make sure you are getting a quality wheel. Quality design transcends the material. You can get good wheels made from carbon fiber. Carbon fiber is not synonymous with quality. [...]