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In a world where carbon is king, there are still brands out there pushing the envelope with aluminum wheels. The Nukeproof Horizon wheels and the lower-priced Neutron wheels combine high tech and high value.

If one of us wanted to parlay a storied professional freeride career into a merchandise brand, we’d probably start small. You know, T-shirts and iPhone cases. Eventually, maybe blow minds with a signature lock-on grip or a saddle with our logo embroidered in it. We are not Brett Rheeder. Today, with help from athletes and Read More

A few years ago at Sea Otter, Syncros introduced the Silverton SL carbon wheelset—a mind boggling full-carbon feat of engineering. Each carbon spoke, melded directly to the rim, bent slightly on its way around the “hub flange” before meeting with the rim on the other side. The hub itself tensioned the wheel upon installation by Read More

Enve’s new Foundation Series features three wheelsets, two of which are road wheels, so who cares. Then there's the AM30. The first thing I dig about the AM30 wheels is that the “AM” stands for all-mountain. Call me old fashioned, but I particularly like the term and somewhat resent the fact that “enduro” has, for the most part, taken its place. Enduro is a racing format, all-mountain is, like, a lifestyle—man. 

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NOBL Wheels are good. They’re light, strong and pretty affordable. But brands like Enve, Zipp and Crank Brothers have raised the bar recently with unique approaches to things like feel, durability and pinch-flat protection. Now, the new range of NOBL rims deserves to be counted among them. The three new models are the TR32, TR37 Read More

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