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Astral Rims Custom Hand Built Wheels

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Custom Wheels on Astral Rims, Built by Hand

Pick a Astral rim, choose your hub, spokes and color, and we lace and true the wheel ourselves, one at a time, in our Georgia shop.

Why build your wheel around an Astral rim:

  • Laced and trued by hand, one at a time, in our Georgia shop
  • 23 Astral rims to start from, each opening the builder with that rim chosen
  • Disc and rim brake versions of the Radiant, Solstice, Veil 3, Veil 4 and Leviathan
  • Builds for road, gravel, touring, tandem, mountain, single speed and fat or plus bikes
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Build your custom Astral wheel for:

Road / Time Trial / Tri→Road / Cross / Gravel→Touring / Brevet→Track / Road Single Geared→E-Bike / Clydesdale / Tandem→Mountain Bike→MTB Single Speed→Fat Tire / Plus Bike→

Start with the rim

The Astral rims we build with

Each card opens the builder with that rim already chosen. Scroll for all 23.

Astral Wanderlust Aluminum RimWanderlust Aluminum RimBuild with this rim →Astral Radiant Disc RimRadiant Disc RimBuild with this rim →Astral Radiant Rim Brake RimRadiant Rim Brake RimBuild with this rim →Astral Leviathan Touring Disc RimLeviathan Touring Disc RimBuild with this rim →Astral Leviathan Touring Rim Brake RimLeviathan Touring Rim Brake RimBuild with this rim →Astral Outback Carbon RimOutback Carbon RimBuild with this rim →Astral Solstice Disc RimSolstice Disc RimBuild with this rim →Astral Solstice Rim Brake RimSolstice Rim Brake RimBuild with this rim →Astral Serpentine Carbon RimSerpentine Carbon RimBuild with this rim →Astral Veil 3 Carbon Disc RimVeil 3 Carbon Disc RimBuild with this rim →Astral Veil 3 Carbon Rim Brake RimVeil 3 Carbon Rim Brake RimBuild with this rim →Astral Veil 4 Carbon Disc RimVeil 4 Carbon Disc RimBuild with this rim →Astral Veil 4 Carbon Rim Brake RimVeil 4 Carbon Rim Brake RimBuild with this rim →Astral Back Bone Carbon RimBack Bone Carbon RimBuild with this rim →Astral Leviathan Tandem Disc RimLeviathan Tandem Disc RimBuild with this rim →Astral Leviathan Tandem Rim Brake RimLeviathan Tandem Rim Brake RimBuild with this rim →Astral Back Bone Aluminum RimBack Bone Aluminum RimBuild with this rim →Astral Back Bone X Carbon RimBack Bone X Carbon RimBuild with this rim →Astral Luna Carbon Disc RimLuna Carbon Disc RimBuild with this rim →Astral Outback Aluminum RimOutback Aluminum RimBuild with this rim →Astral Serpentine Aluminum RimSerpentine Aluminum RimBuild with this rim →Astral Veil 6 Carbon Disc RimVeil 6 Carbon Disc RimBuild with this rim →Astral Veil 6 Carbon Rim Brake RimVeil 6 Carbon Rim Brake RimBuild with this rim →

See all Astral rims →

How it works

From parts bin to your doorstep

  1. Pick your parts1

    Pick your parts

    Choose a Astral rim, then the hub, spokes and nipples. The builder only offers parts that fit together.

  2. We measure and prep2

    We measure and prep

    Rim and hub are measured here: real ERD, real flange geometry. Spokes are cut to the length your build needs.

  3. Laced by hand3

    Laced by hand

    One builder laces your wheel on the stand. No machine builds, ever.

  4. Tensioned and trued4

    Tensioned and trued

    Brought up to even tension, stress-relieved, trued round and true, and checked again after it settles.

More about Astral custom wheels

Specs, pairings and FAQ

Looking for a complete wheelset from Astral’s sister brand? See Rolf Prima Wheels →

Custom hand built wheels with Astral rims

Astral started in 2017 as a branch of Rolf Prima in Oregon and merged with White Industries in 2022.

We lace Astral rims to the hub of your choice and build the wheel by hand in our Georgia shop - tensioned evenly, trued flat and round, and stress-relieved before it ships. You pick the hub, spoke gauge and color, nipple material and lacing pattern; we make sure the combination is one that can actually be built.

Why Astral rims are different

  • Sleeve-joined aluminum seams. At its Oregon facility, Astral joins aluminum rims with a fitted sleeve about 2.5 inches long, pressed in across the seam, which doubles the wall there. Astral chose this over welding because it says a weld's heat weakens the metal at the joint, while a sleeve leaves the heat treatment alone.
  • Asymmetric gravel and trail rims. Astral's ASYM rims set the spoke holes off center, and it says this improves spoke tension balance by up to 30 percent. Astral credits that design for added stiffness, strength and longevity.
  • Tubeless setup with a floor pump. Astral profiles have a deep center channel that helps the tire mount, and a bead seat sized for easy inflation and a secure fit. Astral says that lets you seat a tubeless tire with a pump at home.
  • Delta shaping on road rims. Astral's road rims borrow the Delta profile from sister brand Rolf Prima. Astral says the added width and sidewall shape reduce wind buffeting and give the tire more support in corners.
  • A harder fatigue test. Astral's in-house drum tester starts from the ISO 4210 test but runs at 47 mph instead of 15, putting more than three times the energy into the wheel. It also requires 66 percent more life than the ISO standard.
  • Coverage behind every rim. Astral lists a five-year warranty and lifetime crash replacement for its rims.

The Astral rims we build with

We stock both carbon and aluminum Astral rims, which is the first real fork in the decision: carbon buys stiffness and a lower rotating weight, aluminum buys a rim you can dent, straighten and keep riding, at roughly a third of the replacement cost.

Internal width is the number that decides your tire. The Astral rims we carry sit mostly in the 19.0-30.0mm band, and that band is what determines the tire sizes that will take a sensible shape on the rim - too narrow and a big tire rolls on the sidewall, too wide and a small tire is left square and harsh. Tell the configurator what tires you run and it will steer you inside the right band.

What to pair with a Astral rim

A wheel is a system: the rim decides the tire and the braking, the hub decides the drivetrain and the axle fit, and the spokes have to suit both. Start from whichever end matters most to you and the configurator will keep the other end compatible.

Popular Astral rim and hub pairings

Hubs our customers build with each Astral rim, led by the pairings they choose most often in our build records since 2009. Every hub listed is in the builder today in a drilling and brake type that fits; tap a rim to start that build.

Every model of both brands that fits, on one page: Astral wheels with White Industries hubs, Astral wheels with SON hubs, Astral wheels with Onyx hubs, Astral wheels with Bitex hubs, Astral wheels with DT Swiss hubs, Astral wheels with Chris King hubs, Astral wheels with Hope hubs, Astral wheels with Phil Wood hubs, Astral wheels with Velocity hubs, Astral wheels with Industry Nine hubs, Astral wheels with Boyd hubs, Astral wheels with Surly hubs, Astral wheels with Paul hubs, Astral wheels with Velo Orange hubs, Astral wheels with Shimano hubs, Astral wheels with Wolf Tooth hubs

Popular hubs brands for these builds:

Want to check spoke lengths for a Astral rim before you order? Our free spoke length calculator has the measured dimensions for it.

Astral custom wheel questions

Can you build a wheel with a Astral rim I already own?

Yes. Choose the supply-your-own rim option in the configurator, ship it to us, and we will lace it into a new wheel with new spokes cut to the right length for that exact rim. You pay for the parts you need and the build labor.

What tire width suits a Astral rim?

The Astral rims we carry are mostly 19.0-30.0mm internal, which covers most modern tire choices for their intended use. Tell the configurator what you ride and it will keep you in a sensible tire-to-rim ratio rather than leaving you to work it out.

How many spokes should a Astral wheel have?

It depends on your weight, the terrain and the rim, not on the brand. The configurator recommends a count from your bike type and rider weight, and will not offer a count that cannot be laced to the parts you picked.

How long will my Astral wheel take?

Build time comes down to parts availability rather than bench time. Your estimated ship date is shown in the configurator before you check out, so you know the date before you pay.

Not sure what to pick? Email info@prowheelbuilder.com (fastest) or leave a voicemail on 470-253-0929 — you will be talking to the people who build the wheels.

Not sure which rim or hub?

Tell the Build Assistant how you ride and what you want to spend, and it ranks complete builds for you.

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