Just Riding Along

tubeless mountain bike products and custom wheelbuilds

The Ardents are multiplying. Just in are some Ardent 2.25 LUST (tubeless), along with some Ardent 2.4 29er EXO (toughened sidewall), and a surprise new arrival, the Ardent 2.4 wire bead single ply EXO.

As well as all the Ardents we now have Aspen eXCeption and Kevlar 29er tyres back in stock.

We've just got stock of the new Maxxis tyres with the Exo sidewalls, Maxxis say "this is an extremely cut-resistant and abrasion-resistant material added to the sidewalls of select mountain bike tyres. This densely woven fabric is also lightweight and highly flexible."

There is a small range of treads and sizes in stock, Ardents in 2.25 & 2.4, Ignitors in 2.35 and 29er 2.1 width and a Minion Front 2.5 60a Maxxpro. They are selling for £35.99 each and will all soon be making an appearance in our under 1kg tyre list on the blog.

The Alpha 340 road rims are now in the custom wheel builder for more build options. Choose from any of our current range of hubs, or we'll be adding a load of road-specific options over the next few days, including Shimano Dura Ace, Ultegra and others.

The big news for us this month is the first look at NoTubes' venture into the world of road rims, the Alpha 340. Weighing in at just 350g, it's designed to be run with road tubeless specific tyres such as the Hutchinson Atom and Intensive. It'll also work fine with inner tubes / standard tyres, and we'll be testing it for tubeless cyclocross use too. Stock of these rims is extremely limited at the moment but we have a few pairs on American Classic hubs ready to go. There are a load more photos here on our blog.

Staying on the subject of big wheels, Crest 29er rims are now available. If you're after a lightweight 29er setup why not try these with the new Maxxis Aspen 29ers, available in standard kevlar and the lightweight eXCeption casing at just 544g - not bad for a 29er tyre.

Not really big-wheel related, although it does feature some 700c action, the latest edition of The Ride Journal (this is issue 4) has just landed and is selling fast as usual. Click here to buy.