With spring around the corner...it's upgrade season. What better way than to get a new set of wheels for my bike? I've even got it some new brake rotors and pads. These will be the last upgrades for a little while, lol.

The wheels are being custom built over in the UK...So I don't exactly have them yet...I should have my complete wheelset by the time March rolls around.

The hubs themselves are CNC machined and hand built in the UK, by a company called Hope. They make all of their stuff in house.

Little video on what they do and are about.

Tour of their facility

Biking is one of my biggest passions, aside from ponies. So I tend to put a lot of money into it. Just like some of you guys spend Hundreds on a PC (I do too), I've spent thousands on my bikes....Some of you may say like "What? that's the price of a used car!" Yes....yes it is...but I'm sure some of you have a passion for certain things and like doing them and putting money towards said passions and having a lot of fun.

You won't find anything "Made In China" on my bikes. Taiwan on the other hand, yes. However Taiwan is known for better materials and strict guidelines for material quality. My frame was built in Germany, my current wheels were made in Italy and France. and everything else was made in Taiwan, USA or Canada.

My wheels

Brake rotors