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// HAND BUILT
Every SPANK wheel is hand laced, tensioned, and trued, and receives
several quality controls check, before the builder signs off on each wheel's build specification.
// HEX DRIVE HUBS
SPANK wheels are hand - laced to the SPANK HEX DRIVE 102T Hub system, with 3.5 ° Engagement, and 6 Pawl, 18 contact point drive system.
OUR CRAFT
SAFE , AFFORDABLE AND RESPONSIBLE ALTERNATIVE TO CARBON FIBER .
Utilizing the endless life cycle of aluminium, our proprietary alloy blends offer superior mechanical properties resulting in stronger rims and reduced weight through optimized design.
From rim extrusion, through to final product, each rim is passed through twelve quality control tests.
MICRO GRAIN REFINEMENT PROCESSED ALLOYS .
Processes such as extrusion, forging and tube drawing increase the strength of alloy materials by reducing the grain size. You'd be hard - pressed to find other alloy rims that are subjected to the number of drawing steps or level of refinement as those offered by SPANK IND.
INVERTED TUBE WELL DESIGN FOR GREATER CROSS SECTIONAL STRENGTH . WIDER , LIGHTER RIMS .
The unique OohBah profile allows us to manufacture thinner walled, wider profiled, lighter rims without sacrificing strength or rigidity. Wider rims mean stiffer wheels and more tires spread, leading to greater traction and improved comfort, and tire performance. The "wave" shape of the OohBah inner tube adds strength and support to the vertical rim flange walls and prevent buckling. Normal straight or curved tube wells must be much thicker, and by default heavier, to offer the same support. It is one of the main reasons so many describe our rims as ' bombproof ', while it also promotes easier tubeless inflation.
ENHANCED ANTI - BURP AND TIRE RETENTION TUBELESS PERFORMANCE .
SPANK INDUSTRIES BEADBITE is a unique design feature that optimizes set up for tubeless and reduces burps or pinch flats.
Tire beads are locked in place between vertical and horizontal ridges. 12 sets of ridges on the vertical and horizontal walls create tiny air seals, improving retention. Vibrocore reduces negative vibration and increases lateral stiffness & torsional strength.
Teddy Flood
Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2022
Everything a more you would want from an online company.
Croak6
Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2020
I haven’t even had a chance to ride these yet but I’m already giving them a poor review due to a needless design gimmick and absolutely incorrect taping instructions.First, the rims have a W shaped cross section which creates two channels on the tire side instead of the standard single center channel. The single channel works fine on every other rim known to man and I see no advantage to the double channel. They certainly didn’t make the tire mounting any easier...it’s easy enough already. But what these channels do is make it VERY difficult to tape. The tape will bridge across the channels and create air leaks everywhere. So this needless gimmick is actually a detriment.It’s made far worse by Spank’s recommendation to use 30mm rim tape. This tape is far too wide for these rims and makes the bridging problem even worse.Additionally using 30mm tape defeats Spank’s second useless gimmick. They added machines grooves in the area where the tire bead sits. I’m not sure what these grooves are supposed to do but I know this: 30mm rim tape covers up the grooves!If you still insist on buying these, I recommend using the narrowest rim tape you can find that just barely covers the spike holes. The 30mm tape Spank recommends is absurd.I’d return these rims if I hadn’t already spent the money on spokes and build.
Atömik Abel
Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2019
A great placement hoop for the price!Wider than the Reynolds I replaced so has more rigid performance.
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