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We wanted to share these rather nice photos of a customers wheels on his Pegoretti bike - there are no sofas to ruin this shot.

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You wait years for a new Chris King product and then two of them come along at once. Campagnolo 11-speed freehub body and ceramic bearings come together in the latest incarnation of the light, bright and fast R45 road hub; is this the best road hub on the market? Probably...at a price (about £480, since you asked).

We built a pair of these mini masterpieces up with Enve 65 rims and de-rigeur Sapim CX-Rays for an all-black, no excuses wheelset. The front wheel had to settle for standard stainless steel bearings but the rear is fully kitted out with the new ceramic option and it shows, give it a spin and watch it go, you could brew a pot of tea before it stops.
One thing which nearly caught us out is the cassette lockring. The R45 Campag-compatible hubs include a beautiful shiny aluminium lockring (check it out in the gallery photos below) but you need to choose which size smallest sprocket you're going to run, and at the moment they are only shipping with 11T-fitting lockrings. If you try to fit a 12T cassette, the lockring won't do any locking (it fits inside the 12T). And the standard Campag lockring supplied...[ continue reading >> ]

We are pleased to finally be able to introduce our polished rims, after various in house attempts at stripping and buffing over the last year we have left it to the professionals and all our rims can now be ordered in a professional bright shine or sateen finish.

Chris King mango build showing polished NoTubes Flow rims.

Our polished NoTubes ZTR Flows are shown off here on a pair of Mango Chris Kings. Polishing adds £39 to the price of a wheelset.  These instock mango Chris Kings with polished flows are £712.

We polished Jamies rims to get some wheels on the trails

The quickest way to get the new polished finish in use and on the trails was to buff up Jamies mountain bike wheels, hence the used hub and tyres. We've restickered the NoTubes ZTR Arch, unfortunately we won't be able to resticker all rims but most NoTubes decals are available.

 
Bare rims showing a couple of different spoke and nipples colours.
The polish may affect the braking surface on road rims with a machined brake track but this should not adversely effect performance.

Sateen finished rim.
Sateen finish
Sateen is a brushed finish and looks similar as if it were a bare aluminium with visible stroke...[ continue reading >> ]

New NoTubes Race 29er wheelset
Extra light (1347g/pair) 29er wheelset. The NoTubes ZTR Race 29er Gold wheels use the NoTubes ZTR 3.30 ti hubs which have a titanium drive ring and stainless steel bearings. Quick releases with titanium rod and carbon lever are included with the wheels, they weigh 36g (front) and 40g (rear). The front wheels are convertible to 15mm through axles.
The Race 29er Gold wheelset is available as a special order item, with approximately 2-3 week lead time, on our website. These wheels are built by NoTubes but to ensure we are happy with the build quality, we slacken it off the wheels and retrue them here at Just Riding Along. This will ensure they are built to our standards. The only thing we won't fix is misaligned hub / rim logos.
hubs ZTR 3.30 Ti (titanium drive ring in rear hub)
rims Stan's NoTubes Race 29er Gold
spokes DT Swiss Revolution 1.5/1.8mm
nipples Silver aluminium
weight 1347g
buy now> £660
 
 

 
Burly Surly - now a wheelset
After the success of our Surly 36 hole / Flow rear wheel combo we've built - yes - a front wheel to match! Pairs and individual wheels are now available in stock, and other hub versions are available to order...[ continue reading >> ]

Some more photos of the wheels we took the Bespoked Bristol show. If you missed part 1, click here.
Enve Carbon All mountain wheelset

The best AM/downhill wheelset money can buy. DT Swiss 240 hubs and Aerolite bladed spoked are a natural match for the strongest, stiffest, lightest rims we've seen. No compromises (including on the price).
hubs DT Swiss 240s
rims Enve Composites AM
spokes DT Swiss Aerolite
nipples Pillar aluminium (internal)
weight 1569g
DT Swiss 240 hubs oversize front 20mm, QR rear. Front is convertible to QR, 9mm through axle (eg DT RWS) or 15mm thru bolt. Rear converts to 12 x 135 or 12x142mm.
price £2,063.00
buy now> £1,959.85 (discount price for show build)
aero road racing wheelset - Enve Composites 45 with American Classic hubs

hubs American Classic
rims Enve Composites 45
spokes Sapim CX-Ray
nipples Pillar aluminium (internal)
weight 1396g
20 hole front Micro 58 hub, 24 hole rear Road 205
buy now> £1,765 (discount price for show build)
Enve's 45mm deep full carbon clincher rims are built onto American Classic road hubs for a light, aero wheelset ideal for road racing or time trials. The moulded-in (not drilled) spoke holes mean we can wind up the bladed Sapim CX-Ray spokes to a high tension with no fear of them pulling through the rim.
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OK, we'll leave off the road wheels for a bit after this but we just wanted to put up some pictures of the shiny Chris King road hubs we built up the other day. A classic looking wheelset with cutting edge road tubeless performance and Chris King reliability, and at 1295g the pair, very light for the money (around £700 since you asked).

Hubs: Chris King R45 in silver, 28h
Rims: NoTubes Alpha 340 road tubeless rims
Spokes: Silver Sapim CX-Ray
Nipples: Silver DT aluminium
Weight: 1295g/pair

Chris King road hubs shiny in silver

Looking more like expensive jewellery than bike parts, and with a price tag to match, these Chris King R45 road hubs just rolled in through the door for a custom wheelbuild. They weigh next to nothing, spin forever and look amazing. Supply is pretty limited at the moment which only makes them more desirable.

These are going on some of the NoTubes Alpha 340 road tubeless rims, with silver Sapim CX-Ray spokes. More photos when they're built.