There are no products listed under this category.
Paul Hubs Custom Hand Built Wheels
Custom Paul Hub Wheels, Built by Hand
Pick a Paul hub, choose your rim, spokes and color, and we lace and true the wheel ourselves, one at a time, in our Georgia shop.
Why build your wheel around a Paul hub:
- Six Paul hubs to start from, including the Track High Flange front and rear
- Build for road, cross and gravel, track or road single geared and MTB single speed
- Pick your rim, spokes and color; the builder offers only parts that fit
- Laced and trued by hand, one wheel at a time, in our Georgia shop
Build your custom Paul wheel for:
From our truing stand
Paul wheels we’ve built
Every one of these was laced and trued in our shop.
Start with the hub
The Paul hubs we build with
Each card opens the builder with that hub already chosen. Scroll for all 6.
How it works
From parts bin to your doorstep
1Pick your parts
Choose a Paul hub, then the rim, 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 Paul custom wheels
Specs, pairings and FAQ
Custom hand built wheels with Paul hubs
Paul Component Engineering machines in Chico, California, in small batches, with the kind of finish that makes a wheel worth building around.
We lace Paul hubs to the rim 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. Spoke lengths are calculated from the measured flange geometry of your exact hub, not estimated from the model name.
Why Paul hubs are different
- The hub that started single speed mountain bikes. Paul introduced the Wacky One-Speed Rear Device in 1996 and calls it the first purpose-built single speed mountain bike hub. Paul says its 52mm chainline is a standard that continues today.
- A rear wheel with no dish. On the WORD, Paul spread the flanges as far as it could while leaving room for freewheel threads. Both sides of the wheel can then be built alike, which Paul says makes a strong dishless wheel.
- An axle that runs from dropout to dropout. The disc hubs use an interchangeable 7075 aluminum axle in quick release, bolt-on or thru axle form, not end caps that can fall off when the wheel comes out. Change forks later and you change the axle, not the hub.
- Tight bearing bores. Paul machines the bores to .0002 inch, which it says is why the hubs spin so smoothly. The sealed cartridge bearings are user adjustable, and Paul specifies Enduro bearings with Grade 3 balls and extra grease.
- Less stress at the spoke head. Spoke holes are chamfered, and on the WORD the flanges are canted toward the rim. Paul does this to reduce stress on the head and elbow of each spoke.
- High Flange hubs cut from solid bar. Paul machines them in Chico, California from three inch round bar through four machining processes. The 65mm flanges have six window cutouts to save weight, and the rear comes fixed or flip-flop with a stainless lockring.
The Paul hubs we build with
These are J-bend hubs, which take standard J-bend spokes - the widest choice of gauge, color and material, and the easiest to source anywhere in the world if you ever break one far from home.
Axle spacing has to match your frame or fork, and it is the single most common thing people get wrong when ordering a wheel. We build Paul hubs in 100mm, 110mm, 120mm, 130mm, 135mm, 142mm, 148mm. If you are unsure what your frame takes, measure the inside faces of the dropouts before you order, or email us and we will work it out with you.
What to pair with a Paul hub
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 Paul hub and rim pairings
Rims our customers build with each Paul hub, led by the pairings they choose most often in our build records since 2009. Every rim listed is in the builder today in a drilling and brake type that fits; tap a hub to start that build.
- Paul Track High Flange with Velocity Deep V, Velocity A23, DT Swiss R 460, Boyd 44 Carbon, NOX Composites Falkor 55R, Astral Solstice
- Paul Single Speed with Velocity Cliffhanger, Velocity Chukker, HED Belgium R, Astral Radiant, NOX Composites Falkor 36R, DT Swiss RR 511
- Paul FHub with Velocity Cliffhanger, NOX Composites Falkor 36R, Velocity Quill, Astral Radiant, DT Swiss RR 411, Astral Leviathan Touring
- Paul FHub Disc with Velocity Dyad, Velocity Atlas, DT Swiss GR 531, DT Swiss G 540, WTB KOM Tough TCS 2.0 CVX I 25, WTB KOM Light TCS I 23
- Paul Single Speed Disc with Velocity Aileron, Velocity Major Tom, DT Swiss RR 521, DT Swiss R 470, WTB KOM Light TCS 2.0 CVX I 25, Boyd Altamont
Every model of both brands that fits, on one page: Velocity wheels with Paul hubs, DT Swiss wheels with Paul hubs, WTB wheels with Paul hubs, Boyd wheels with Paul hubs, HED wheels with Paul hubs, Stan's NoTubes wheels with Paul hubs, Kinlin wheels with Paul hubs, NOX Composites wheels with Paul hubs, Velo Orange wheels with Paul hubs, Astral wheels with Paul hubs, ENVE wheels with Paul hubs, Surly wheels with Paul hubs, Ibis wheels with Paul hubs, Chromag wheels with Paul hubs, Convergence We Are 1 wheels with Paul hubs, Derby wheels with Paul hubs, Industry Nine wheels with Paul hubs, Nextie wheels with Paul hubs, PWB wheels with Paul hubs, Race Face wheels with Paul hubs, Reserve wheels with Paul hubs, Spank wheels with Paul hubs
Popular rims brands for these builds:
- Astral Rims
- Boyd Rims
- Chromag Rims
- Convergence We Are 1 Rims
- Derby Rims
- DT Swiss Rims
- ENVE Composites Rims
- H Plus Son Rims
- HED Rims
- IBIS Rims
- Industry Nine Rims
- Kinlin Rims
- Mavic Rims
- Nextie Rims
- NOX Composite Rims
- PWB Rims
- Race Face Rims
- Reserve Rims
- Spank Rims
- Stan's No Tube Rims
- Surly Rims
- Velo Orange Rims
- Velocity Rims
- WTB Rims
Want to check spoke lengths for a Paul hub before you order? Our free spoke length calculator has the measured dimensions for it.
Paul custom wheel questions
Can you build a wheel with a Paul hub I already own?
Yes. Choose the supply-your-own hub 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 hub. You pay for the parts you need and the build labor.
Which axle spacing do I need?
Whatever your frame or fork takes - we build Paul hubs in 100mm, 110mm, 120mm, 130mm, 135mm, 142mm, 148mm. Measure between the inside faces of your dropouts if you are unsure, or email us and we will work it out from your bike.
Can a Paul hub be relaced into a new rim later?
Yes, and it is one of the better arguments for a quality hub. When the rim wears out or cracks, send us the wheel and we will build the hub into a new rim with new spokes. Spokes are not reused - they have taken a set at the old rim's dimensions.
How long will my Paul 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 hub or rim?
Tell the Build Assistant how you ride and what you want to spend, and it ranks complete builds for you.
Open the Build Assistant →