COMPLETE WHEELS, RIMS AND TYRES Rubbers and rims
At this time of year the woods will be hiding roots under a carpet of leaves, while on the road you’ll need all the help you can get to defend against the pot-holed surface. Mark Sutton rounds up the market’s wheel, tyre and tube suppliers and the product they have to offer…
Oxford Products
FOR THE customer on a budget, Oxford Products supplies a number of tyres in traditional sizes, as well as some harder to find measurements. Tyres start at just 12 x 1.75 and cover various widths
Eurobike UK
AMERICAN CLASSIC continues to improve its tubeless offering, giving riders a low rolling resistance, puncture-free alternative to the traditional tube and tyre. The firm’s tubeless wheels, for both road and
MTB, are set up with a base layer of AC fiber tape covering the spoke holes and two layers of AC honey colored tape to seal to the rim. With the installation of tubeless ready clincher tires and a quick pump of liquid sealant into the system through the AC valves the wheel is good to go. The liquid sealant replaces the conventional tube. Bill Shook designed the American Classic rim with a bead barb running along the edge of the bead shelf. When installed, the tyre firmly pops into position over the bead barb. The tyre bead centers and tightly grips the circumference of the rim creating a sealed environment to hold the liquid sealant without burping. 01332 774796
the dealer with pretty much any size configuration out there. All wheels are hand-finished, labelled
The Cycle Division
THE CYCLE Division has been an importer and distributor of bicycle parts and accessories for over ten years now and during that time the firm has laid claim to building all its own wheels. A team of experienced wheel builders works hard to supply and maintain a vast stock range, allowing the firm to supply
and bagged under the ‘D2O Bicycle Wheel Division’ tag. Skewers or axle nuts (where applicable) are always included at no extra cost. Further to the above The Cycle Division can also supply tailored products to meet customer needs and provide rapid turnaround of any special wheel build. As the main importer of Sturmey Archer in the UK, this service is especially invaluable for anyone requiring any hub building into any rim size. Another area The Cycle Division specialise in is that of free issue work. If you have in stock a large (or small) number of hubs and rims and feel daunted at the prospect of building them into wheels, then the firm is flexible enough to make arrangements that suits the needs of the customer. 0845 0508 500
at 14, 16, 18, 20, 500A, 24, 26, and 28-inch measurements. You’ll also find whitewalls for the customer needing a jazzy 26-inch wheel tyre and gumwalls for those after 27-inch 1,1/4-inch or 700 x 25/28C. A variety of tubes is also stocked to match the tyre requirement. Odd as it seems, bike shops do get asked for
wheelbarrow tyres and when that day comes, Oxford carries the necessary 400 x 8 tyre size. 01993 862 300
Moore Large
AS SOME OF you may have seen in the recent Cycle Show round up, 4ZA is producing some limited Union Jack-bearing wheels for those on its higher tiered Cirrus Pro budget. Moore Large will have limited numbers of these, so get in touch quickly if you’ve a patriotic customer in need of some new road wheels. For the entry-level buyer, 4ZA’s Stratos range is
perfectly suited to training and will provide a dependable base for any budding rider. For a slightly larger investment, access to the Cirrus tier will provide light and fast rims with an aero profile. Cirrus Pro is where things get serious. Combining all of 4ZA’s carbon fibre know-how, real world testing and athlete feedback, strength, lightweight and aerodynamics are carefully considered. Moore Large is also the UK supplier of rubber brand Kenda. MTB tyres added to the range include Happy Medium, featuring a fast rolling centre and aggressive outside edge for seamless transitions. The H Factor is a perfect all-rounder, aggressive enough for spirited riding and sleek enough to be fast and lastly the Nextcavator is great in both wet and dry conditions – designed for the rider preferring a more open tread pattern. 01993 862 300
Sonic Cycles
HAVING BEEN in the wheels business for over 30 years, Citec is able to offer something that many manufacturers can’t – a five year guarantee against spoke breakage, thanks to its patented Power-Block spoke fixing technology.
The latest addition to the
line-up are ATB wheel sets with Carbon rims, as well as wheelsets using the firm’s patented Concave-System rims in 26, 29 and 650B sizes. Racing wheel sets go from the time
trial-specific 8000CX series with a weight of just 1,690 grams with aluminium/carbon composite rims via the 6000CX series clincher or tubular wheelsets, to the 3000S Aero series. Sonic Cycles also supplies the Tufo
tyre label, which specializes in tubular tyres. Offering track tubulars from 125 grams to ATB tubulars for 29er wheels, this brand has one of the widest ranges now available. What’s more, Tufo has developed a
clincher tubular system and supply a selection of tubulars as clincher tubulars, allowing clincher rims to be shod with tubular tyres. 020 7243 2848
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