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Industry Nine Rims Custom Hand Built Wheels
Custom Wheels on Industry Nine Rims, Built by Hand
Pick a Industry Nine 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 Industry Nine rim:
- Grade 300, Sector or Triad: three tubeless-ready alloy rims, from trail to downhill
- Hollow bead walls for pinch flat protection, laced to any hub in the catalog
- Mountain bike and MTB single-speed builds, 2.2 to 2.6in tires
- Laced, tensioned and trued by hand in our Georgia shop
Build your custom Industry Nine wheel for:
From our truing stand
Industry Nine wheels we’ve built
Every one of these was laced and trued in our shop.
Start with the rim
The Industry Nine rims we build with
Each card opens the builder with that rim already chosen. Scroll for all 3.
How it works
From parts bin to your doorstep
1Pick your parts
Choose a Industry Nine rim, then the hub, spokes and nipples. The builder only offers parts that fit together.
2We measure and prep
Rim and hub are measured here: real ERD, real flange geometry. Spokes are cut to the length your build needs.
3Laced by hand
One builder laces your wheel on the stand. No machine builds, ever.
4Tensioned and trued
Brought up to even tension, stress-relieved, trued round and true, and checked again after it settles.
More about Industry Nine custom wheels
Specs, pairings and FAQ
Want a complete Industry Nine (i9) wheelset instead? See Industry Nine (i9) Wheels →
Custom hand built wheels with Industry Nine rims
Industry Nine, the Asheville, North Carolina hub and spoke maker, added its own aluminum rims so a complete wheel can be specced from one maker - the Sector for trail, Triad for enduro, Grade 300 for downhill and DJ305 for dirt jump. Since buying We Are One it also sells the Kamloops-built Convergence carbon rims, which we list under Convergence We Are 1.
We lace Industry Nine 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 Industry Nine rims are different
- Hollow bead walls. The Sector and Triad are extruded from 6069 aluminum, and all three rims use a hollow bead wall, the part that takes the hit from a rock. Industry Nine says that adds pinch flat protection and impact resistance.
- A profile shaped to resist dents. Industry Nine gives the Grade 300 a proprietary profile meant to keep dents at bay and a bead shelf suited to tubeless tires. It says its downhill and freeride athletes have proven the rim.
- One rim for each kind of riding. The Sector is the trail rim at 28.5mm wide inside, the Triad is the enduro rim at 30mm, and the Grade 300 is the downhill and freeride rim at 30mm. All three stay close to 21mm deep, so the choice comes down to how hard you ride.
The Industry Nine rims we build with
Every Industry Nine rim we build with is aluminum. That is not the budget option so much as the practical one: an aluminum rim can be trued back from an impact that would write off a carbon rim, and it is far easier to justify on a bike that gets ridden in winter.
Internal width is the number that decides your tire. The Industry Nine rims we carry sit mostly in the 28.5-30.0mm 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 an Industry Nine 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 Industry Nine rim and hub pairings
Hubs our customers build with each Industry Nine 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.
- Industry Nine Grade 300 Aluminum with Onyx MTB, Chris King MTB, Industry Nine Hydra 2 MTB, Velocity Standard Atb, Industry Nine 1/1 MTB, Wolf Tooth Mountain
- Industry Nine Sector Aluminum with Onyx MTB, Chris King MTB, Industry Nine Hydra 2 MTB, Velocity Standard Atb, Industry Nine 1/1 MTB, Wolf Tooth Mountain
- Industry Nine Triad Aluminum with Onyx MTB, Chris King MTB, Industry Nine Hydra 2 MTB, Velocity Standard Atb, Industry Nine 1/1 MTB, Wolf Tooth Mountain
Every model of both brands that fits, on one page: Industry Nine wheels with Bitex hubs, Industry Nine wheels with Boyd hubs, Industry Nine wheels with Chris King hubs, Industry Nine wheels with DT Swiss hubs, Industry Nine wheels with Hope hubs, Industry Nine wheels with Industry Nine hubs, Industry Nine wheels with Onyx hubs, Industry Nine wheels with Paul hubs, Industry Nine wheels with Phil Wood hubs, Industry Nine wheels with Shimano hubs, Industry Nine wheels with SON hubs, Industry Nine wheels with Velo Orange hubs, Industry Nine wheels with Velocity hubs, Industry Nine wheels with White Industries hubs, Industry Nine wheels with Wolf Tooth hubs
We also build with Industry Nine Hubs, if you want the whole wheel from one maker.
Popular hubs brands for these builds:
- Bitex Hubs
- Boyd Hubs
- Chris King Hub
- DT Swiss Hubs
- Hope Hubs
- Industry Nine Hubs
- Nextie Hubs
- Onyx Hubs
- Paul Hubs
- Philwood Hubs
- Shimano Hubs
- Son Dynamo Hubs
- Surly Hubs
- Velo Orange Hubs
- Velocity Hubs
- White Industries Hubs
- Wolf Tooth Hubs
Want to check spoke lengths for an Industry Nine rim before you order? Our free spoke length calculator has the measured dimensions for it.
Industry Nine custom wheel questions
Can you build a wheel with an Industry Nine 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 an Industry Nine rim?
The Industry Nine rims we carry are mostly 28.5-30.0mm 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 an Industry Nine 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 Industry Nine 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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