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Join us for our 2023 Colorado Springs Cyclocross race and fall party! The goal here is a party that happens to have a bike race going on at the same time. The course will be fun and technical with a couple surprises thrown in. The scoring and timing will be super...
We understand how critical your wheelchair is to your mobility but also how limiting traditional wheelchair wheels can be when you want to explore trails off road. Skinny, high pressure wheels are great for hard surfaces, pavement, etc but can make traveling off road...
Berd just announced the Talon, their own version of the Hook Flange hub which allows for much quicker lacing of Berd's proprietary spokes. The Hook Flange design also saves you from having to use special spacers for straight pull hubs or modifying a standard J Bend...
Hope has been known for making hubs known for reliability and ease of service for nearly years but their hubs have always been a bit of a drag...literally. Being born in the UK, their Pro 4 hub has always been really well sealed against the elements but that...
Bicycle wheel building may be full of folklore, pseudo science and anecdotal evidence but one thing that consistently seems to help a bike wheel last longer is to find some method to momentarily increase spoke tensions beyond your target and then to allow them to...
Elevation Wheel Company has partnered with Pikes Peak APEX, Presented by RockShox to give you the shot to win a free entry into their 4-day Mountain Bike Challenge. All you need to do is enter your favorite mountain bike photo HERE and then post it to social media...
Elevation Wheel Company is now Nextie rims new USA distribution center. This gives you access to great quality carbon bike rims much quicker than ever before. Shipping now just takes days rather than weeks. We have worked with Nextie for many years now and have...
We are well over 2 years since the Colorado Springs Velodrome has closed to the public. In that time we have received virtually no communication to community members and what little communication we have had was nothing more than lies to keep us quiet. These shirts...
Single ring, 1x drivetrains with narrow wide chain rings can work wonders with keeping your chain from dropping but if the ride gets rough enough you might still find yourself dropping a chain. We have enough riders in Colorado Springs asking us about chain guide...
Dogs in wheelchairs like to hike trails too! We love projects like these! We were approached by a customer who was having a hard time finding a solution for her dog who loved hiking on trails but unfortunately needed a wheelchair for support. The factory wheels on...
We are proud to announce that we are now the authorized USA based service center for Nextie! We have worked with Nextie for about 6 years now as a dealer and have always been very impressed with the quality you get in their products and their sales team is always a...
US track cycling is an absolute mess outside of Women's Pursuit and we firmly believe that issue goes all the way back to USA Cycling not showing any interest in developing a strong grassroots program for the track. To build a tall tower you must first have a strong...
Dear Bike Industry, I love you, but it's time we had a talk... Â Have we already forgotten how young we are as a sport, let alone as an actual industry? Â Have we forgotten where we came from even? It really wasn't that long ago the pioneers of this sport were still...
New name eh? I have been asked a lot, why the name change, what are the new goals that will follow and are you crazy trying to take this wheel build thing full time... So I will start with the why.  I will admit, some of it is thinking the name Elevation Wheel...
*2021 Update: It is with heavy hearts that we write this. Iohan Gueorguiev, aka Bike Wanderer is no longer with us. Since initially writing this article we became good friends, even spent Thanksgiving together one year so it is hard for us to say this. But Iohan,...
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