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Surly Wheels with Bitex Hubs
Custom Surly Wheels on Bitex Hubs
Pick a Surly rim we carry, put it on a Bitex hub, and we lace and true the wheel by hand in our Georgia shop.
Why build Surly rims on Bitex hubs:
- Made by specialists: Bitex hubs made in Bitex's family factory in Taichung, Taiwan
- Proven: Surly built the Clown Royal around the 6.2 inch tire on its own Moonlander; Bitex patented the hardened Gouge Guard splines that stop cassettes biting the freehub
- Built to last: Bitex freehubs and axle ends swap to follow your next drivetrain or frame
- Laced and trued by hand, one wheel at a time, in our Georgia shop
- In depth below: My Other Brother Darryl fat bike
Build your custom Surly wheel on Bitex hubs for:
Or start from the Bitex hub you want:
BX 106 Centerlock→BX 211 6-bolt→BX 212 Centerlock→FB MTF 6-bolt, front only→MTF 6-bolt, front only→FB MTR 6-bolt, rear only→
Or pick one of the 2 ready-made pairs below: each opens our custom wheel builder with the Surly rim and Bitex hub already chosen.
Fat bike in depth
Surly My Other Brother Darryl wheels on Bitex BX 211 hubs
Our fat bike pick from the Surly and Bitex parts we build with. The Surly My Other Brother Darryl is a hooked aluminum rim, 76.8mm inside, 16.1mm deep, sized for about 3.8 to 5 inch fat bike tires. We lace it to Bitex BX 211 hubs in 32 hole.
- Width that adds float. My Other Brother Darryl is 80mm across the outside. Surly says the wider footprint gives more flotation and traction than a narrower rim.
- Axle ends that convert. Bitex lists quick release and 12mm thru-axle options on models like the MTR, and shows the axle and end cap changes in its videos. If your next frame uses a different standard, the wheel may be able to follow it.
Start building this pair:
Fat Tire / Plus Bike
Surly rims on Bitex hubs for fat and plus bikes
Each card opens our custom wheel builder with the rims and hubs for a wheelset already picked, on the Bitex hub our customers choose most with that rim. The builder offers every Bitex hub that fits, and you choose the colors, spokes and the rest.
More about Surly and Bitex wheels
Why the pairing, specs and FAQ
Custom hand built Surly wheels on Bitex 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 Surly rims and Bitex hubs each bring
- Width that adds float. My Other Brother Darryl is 80mm across the outside. Surly says the wider footprint gives more flotation and traction than a narrower rim.
- A 100mm rim made for one tire. Surly designed the Clown Royal for the 6.2 inch Molenda tire on the Moonlander. It chose a 24 inch diameter to get the most tire volume that frame can hold.
- Two drilling choices on the Darryl. It comes as a 32-hole symmetric rim, or with Surly's 64-hole Dual pattern, which lets a builder lace a centered wheel or an offset one. Surly lists a 15mm rim center offset.
- Gouge Guard on the freehub. Steel cassette cogs tend to bite notches into an aluminum freehub, and those notches make the cassette hard to remove. Bitex patented three small hardened stainless splines that take that pressure instead, and it is the Anti-Bite label on our Shimano HG driver choice.
- Six pawls in two sets. Bitex's patented freehub splits its pawls into two groups of three that take turns meeting the ratchet teeth, so the gap between engagement points is half what it would be. The company says the larger pawls also carry more load.
- A freehub you can change later. Each model lists its own freehub bodies, such as Shimano, Campagnolo, XDR or XD, and Bitex publishes videos showing how to swap one. Moving to a new drivetrain can mean a new freehub body and not a new hub.
Surly and Bitex custom wheel questions
Which Bitex hub fits my Surly rim?
The cards on this page start on the Bitex hub our customers build with each rim most often (Bitex BX 211). The builder lists every Bitex hub that fits your rim, in the drillings and brake types that match.
Do you build Surly rims on other hubs?
Yes. See our Surly custom wheel page for every hub that fits each Surly rim, or our Bitex custom wheel page for every rim on a Bitex hub.
Can you build with a Bitex hub or Surly 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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