Our wheelbuilder, Rich Lesnik, is as good a wheel builder as we know,
or have ever known. Every one of us rides his wheels, and we ride them
hard and long, and are constantly amazed at the abuse they seem to
slough off. Rich is meticulous and uses only the rims and spokes he
likes and trusts. He doesn’t build superlight wheels, either (except for
Mark here), so don’t ask.
All of our wheels are 3x (three-cross),
use butted DT spokes, and…well, they’re just No Nonsense wheels for
all-around hard use riding.
Sometimes somebody will think, hey,
I’m getting some special wheels….might as well get super expensive hubs.
That’s reasonable, but actually is unnecessary. The Shimano LX and XT
hubs we have are rock solid, smooth, problem free, and keep the price
down. If you want fancier (Phil, White Industries, DT), we can do that,
too. Rich can, that is.
There's an almost endless combination
of hubs, rims, and spokes to assemble into wheels so for now we just
have the standards listed below, but if you want something special by
all means call or email rich@rivbike.com.
