Industry Nine Wheels
Why riders pick Industry Nine wheels:
- Hydra2 System and Solix System hubs with machined aluminum spokes
- Seven anodized hub colors and seven spoke colors, mixed as you like
- Hand built to order in Asheville, North Carolina
- Cross-country to downhill, e-bike, gravel, bikepacking and dirt jump models
Industry Nine (i9) wheels
Industry Nine (i9) wheels, hand built to order in Asheville, North Carolina: Hydra2 System and Solix System hubs laced with Industry Nine's own machined aluminum System spokes, in seven anodized hub colors and seven spoke colors.
Why Industry Nine wheels are different
- System spokes that thread into the hub. Each spoke is made by hand in Asheville, machined from a solid bar of 7075-T651 aluminum, and screws straight into the hub shell, with wrench flats at the rim. That removes the J-bend and the nipple, which Industry Nine names as the weak points of a steel spoke.
- Thickest where steel spokes are thinnest. The thread root is larger than the spoke body, so it does not narrow at the threads. With 25 to 30 percent more cross section, Industry Nine rates it equal in tensile strength to a 14/15 gauge double-butted steel spoke.
- Two hubs for different riding. Hydra2 System hubs, for trail through downhill and e-bike, catch in 0.41 degrees. SOLiX System hubs, for cross-country, gravel and road, catch in 0.59 degrees.
- A rim shaped around the spoke line. On Convergence carbon models, the rim's alternating faces are angled 7.5 degrees, or 6 on gravel and bikepacking rims, to point each nipple bed at the hub flange. The spoke runs straight and the nipple sits in full contact with the rim, which Industry Nine says avoids point loading.
- Carbon laid by hand in Kamloops. A named technician lays up each Convergence rim in Kamloops, British Columbia, and it gets a serial number and no sanding, filler or paint afterward. A Z-axis fiber film built into the spoke bed helps make it 32 percent stronger than the previous rim, Industry Nine says.
- One maker from hub to finished wheel. These wheels are hand built in Asheville, North Carolina, using spokes and hub parts Industry Nine machines and anodizes in the same town. Its warranty runs five years on Hydra2 and SOLiX hubs and for life on rims, with terms that change by year.
Industry Nine mountain wheels
For cross-country, the Whisp Carbon and the 32-inch Hush 32 Carbon. For trail, the Sector Carbon and Sector Aluminum. For enduro, the Triad Carbon and Triad Aluminum. For downhill, the Deal Carbon and Grade 300 Aluminum. For e-bikes, the Fuse Carbon.
Industry Nine gravel, bikepacking and dirt jump wheels
The Revive 2.0 Carbon and Revive 2.0 Aluminum are the gravel wheels, and the Wanderer Carbon is the bikepacking wheel. For dirt jump, the 26-inch Coup Carbon and DJ305 Aluminum.
Custom wheels on Industry Nine hubs
Prefer steel spokes or a different rim? Build a custom wheel on Industry Nine (i9) hubs in our Custom Wheel Program.
