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Astral Wheels with Surly Hubs
Custom Astral Wheels on Surly Hubs
Pick an Astral rim we carry, put it on a Surly hub, and we lace and true the wheel by hand in our Georgia shop.
Why build Astral rims on Surly hubs:
- Made by specialists: Astral rims made at Astral's own facility in Oregon
- Proven: Astral drum-tests its rims at 47 mph, more than three times the energy of the ISO test; Surly knurls the hardware so the wheel won't slip under load
- Built to last: Surly sells axle kits, so worn internals renew with the hub still laced; Astral backs its rims with a five-year warranty and lifetime crash replacement
- Laced and trued by hand, one wheel at a time, in our Georgia shop
- In depth below: Leviathan Touring road
Build your custom Astral wheel on Surly hubs for:
Or start from the Surly hub you want:
Or pick one of the 3 ready-made pairs below: each opens our custom wheel builder with the Astral rim and Surly hub already chosen.
Road in depth
Astral Leviathan Touring wheels on Surly Ultra New hubs
Our road pick from the Astral and Surly parts we build with. The Astral Leviathan Touring is a hooked aluminum rim, 20mm inside, 32mm deep, about 515 grams in 700c, sized for about 25 to 32mm tires. We lace it to Surly Ultra New hubs in 32 hole.
- 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 hollow axle with two ways to mount. Ultra New hubs come with thread-in fixing bolts that tighten with a 6mm hex wrench. Take the bolts out, slide in a quick release skewer, and the same hub is QR, with no conversion kit needed.
Start building this pair:
Track / Road Single Geared
Astral rims on Surly hubs for track and single-speed road bikes
Each card opens our custom wheel builder with the rims and hubs for a wheelset already picked, on the Surly hub our customers choose most with that rim. The builder offers every Surly hub that fits, and you choose the colors, spokes and the rest.
E-Bike / Clydesdale / Tandem
Astral rims on Surly hubs for e-bikes, tandems and Clydesdale riders
Each card opens our custom wheel builder with the rim and hub for a front wheel already picked, on the Surly hub our customers choose most with that rim. The builder offers every Surly hub that fits, and you choose the colors, spokes and the rest.
More about Astral and Surly wheels
Why the pairing, specs and FAQ
Custom hand built Astral wheels on Surly hubs
Every pair on this page is in our builder today, with a rim and hub that fit each other. We lace each wheel by hand in our Georgia shop: tensioned evenly, trued flat and round, and stress-relieved before it ships. Spoke lengths are calculated from the measured dimensions of your exact rim and hub.
What Astral rims and Surly hubs each bring
- 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.
- A hollow axle with two ways to mount. Ultra New hubs come with thread-in fixing bolts that tighten with a 6mm hex wrench. Take the bolts out, slide in a quick release skewer, and the same hub is QR, with no conversion kit needed.
- Knurled hardware that grips the frame. The stainless bolt caps and cone nuts are heavily knurled for bite, which Surly says reduces the chance of the wheel slipping in the frame under high load. That matters on a fixed or single-speed bike, where the axle sits in a horizontal dropout.
- Steel where it carries the load. The axle is CroMoly steel and the fixing bolts are 10.9 stainless, chosen by Surly for strength and corrosion resistance. The cones and dust caps interlock, which Surly says keeps the axle stiff.
Astral and Surly custom wheel questions
Which Surly hub fits my Astral rim?
The cards on this page start on the Surly hub our customers build with each rim most often (Surly Ultra New). The builder lists every Surly hub that fits your rim, in the drillings and brake types that match.
Do you build Astral rims on other hubs?
Yes. See our Astral custom wheel page for every hub that fits each Astral rim, or our Surly custom wheel page for every rim on a Surly hub.
Can you build with a Surly hub or Astral rim I already own?
Yes. Choose the supply-your-own 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. You pay for the parts you need and the build labor.
How long will my 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.
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