Built around
Hubs most shops will not touch
- Internal gear hubs — Sturmey-Archer, Shimano Nexus and Alfine
- Hub dynamos, including vintage Dynohubs
- Drum brakes and roller brakes
- Modern rims laced to a vintage frame's original hub
Wheel building
From a quick true to a wheel that does not exist
Rim or spoke replacement, truing, and custom builds to your specification.
Repair
When a wheel stops being round
When spokes break or work loose it affects trueness and compromises safety. The same goes for a rim with damage, or one whose braking surface has worn thin.
Truing starts at £10. If a rim is past saving it is often more cost-effective to replace the rim and reuse the hub than to buy a whole new wheel — particularly worth doing where the hub is a gear hub worth keeping.
- Wheel truing from £10
- Spoke replacement, singly or a full re-spoke
- Rim replacement, reusing your existing hub
- Worn braking surfaces assessed honestly — including when they are done
Custom builds
Wheels you cannot buy off the shelf
If you have something out of the ordinary in mind, or you need modern rims on a vintage bike, this is the part of the job I enjoy most. Get in touch with a description of what you are after.
To get a quote
What to tell me
- The bike, and what you use it for
- Hub you want to use, or want recommending
- Rim size and brake type — rim, disc or drum
- Anything the wheel has to fit around: mudguards, racks, a Brompton fold
Builds are quoted individually once the parts are settled.
Recent builds
Off the bench
