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American Classic Packs Heat with New 40mm Smokin’ Gun Wheel Set

American Classic is a company that is dedicated to continuos innovation. I guess that’s what happens when your founder, Bill Shook, is an engineer. If you spend any time talking to Bill, you can sense that he’s constantly looking for problems to solve. Just a couple of years ago, rims with an internal width of …

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News: Industry Nine Announces New Torch Trail S Wheelsets

Asheville, NC-based Industry Nine is launching a new wheelset they’re calling Torch Trail S. The wheels are using a revised version of their Torch hubs that is designed to be used with straight-pull steel spokes, a first for I9. Previously, I9 hubs were available in either a “Classic” version for j-bend steel spokes (which Jeff …

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Review: WTB Scraper 27.5+ Rims

I’ve been testing the WTB Scraper 27.5 mountain bike rims for several weeks now and they have quickly transformed my bike from a capable XC trail bike into an adventure rig worthy of the most challenging terrain. Is wider really better when it comes to mountain bike rims? Read on to find out. Specs and …

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News: SRAM Announces RAIL 40 AM Wheelset

Two years ago SRAM released the RAIL 50 all-mountain wheelset and today the company announced another option in the RAIL line, the RAIL 40. This wheelset features much of the same technology as the RAIL 50 but at a lower price point. Internally, the RAIL 40 rims are 23mm wide which is beefier than SRAM’s …

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April Fools’: Industry Nine Introduces State Of The Art, Cutting Edge, Ground-Breaking Wheel Testing Campus with Optimized, Best In Class, Vertically Stiff, Laterally Compliant, Cloud-Based Data-Acquisition Metric Analytics that Leverages Social Media...

(Asheville, NC) – Industry Nine, an innovative company in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains, unveils its new industry leading wheel testing facility and lab. As the Bicycle Industry moves towards increased quantified testing to advance and refine the sport, Industry Nine has taken the lead to push development to the brink of sanity …

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