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Off Road Wheelchair Wheels
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...
28mm to 27.2mm Seatpost Shim for Colnago C40 / C50
We always love making parts that are no longer available to keep older, but still very nice bikes running so we were happy to custom machine a shim for a customer who needed to get his older Colnago going. For those who don't know, the Colnago C40 and C50 used a 28mm...
Berd Talon Hook Flange Hubs
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...
The New Hope Pro 5 Hubset
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...
Custom Anodized Shimano Cranks
How to anodize Shimano cranks Custom anodizing parts is usually pretty straight forward...until you find yourself wanting to anodize your Shimano crankset with the non removable steel spindle. I want to show you how we got great results on this crank arm we anodized...
Onyx Hook Flange Hubs for Berd Spokes
**Shoutout to our friends Twisted Spoke CBD for bringing us these parts to lace up!** Onyx and Berd pairing up may be an unlikely combo. Berd makes the lightest spokes on the market, often saving between 100-200 grams in a wheelset and Onyx makes some of the heaviest...
Pikes Peak Apex 2022 Photos – Stage 4
Huge thanks to all the riders who have turned out to race the Pikes Peak Apex for 2022! Colorado Springs absolutely appreciated your support of our amazing local events! The pictures below are completely free for anyone who wants to download and share however you...
Pikes Peak Apex 2022 Photos – Stage 3
Huge thanks to all the riders who have turned out to race the Pikes Peak Apex for 2022! Colorado Springs absolutely appreciated your support of our amazing local events! The pictures below are completely free for anyone who wants to download and share however you...
Pikes Peak Apex 2022 Photos – Stage 2
Huge thanks to all the riders who have turned out to race the Pikes Peak Apex for 2022! Colorado Springs absolutely appreciated your support of our amazing local events! The pictures below are completely free for anyone who wants to download and share however you...
Pikes Peak Apex 2022 Photos – Stage 1
Huge thanks to all the riders who have turned out to race the Pikes Peak Apex for 2022! Colorado Springs absolutely appreciated your support of our amazing local events! The pictures below are completely free for anyone who wants to download and share however you...
What is a radially compliant rim?
Tyler from Bikerumor recently asked me to record a podcast with him about what makes a bike wheel radially compliant and what are some of the advantages and disadvantages around that. Naturally I was excited to be on his podcast and you can listen to that below but I...
Bicycle Wheel Stress Relief Table
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...
719 Ride Photos 2022
Here are some free to download photos from to Colorado Spring's 719 Ride. Feel free to use them however you would like. It's not required but if you share our photos we would love it if you tag @elevationwheelcompany and @719ride If you would like a copy of your...
Shop Ride Photos 7.13.22
Here are some free to download photos from our Wednesday shop rides. Feel free to use them however you would like. It's not required but if you share our photos we would love it if you tag @elevationwheelcompany @performanceunited and @srmpower If you are interested...
Pikes Peak APEX Photo Contest
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...
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