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With the Cape Epic as their proving grounds, they went all in on XCO/XCM, creating one handbuilt mountain bike wheelset that has since evolved into a full range of carbon road, gravel, XC & enduro rims and wheels with generous lifetime guarantees & crash replacement policies. And there are more wheelsets in the works… South Industries handmade carbon rims & wheels, made in South Africa
photos c. South Industries South Industries didn’t want to just design carbon wheels, they wanted to develop and manufacture them entirely in-house. “No compromise, no shortcuts.” And the year that two cyclists with aerospace & electrical engineering backgrounds launched in 2016, they already had their first 370g, 28mm internal XC rim ridden to a victory in the Cape Epic prologue under South African MTB racer Robyn de Groot . c. Robyn de Groot A solid start. You may not have seen the name South Industries on Bikerumor before, but we’ve probably seen some of their carbon handiwork. They’ve been a contract carbon rim manufacturer for German lightweight specialists Tune for several years, and they also sell subtly South-branded rims on some of their own complete wheelsets like the 22mm internal Tune Crosser Carbon GX endurance road wheels. Tech details & Hookless Carbon Rim Models
Now, with 8 people helping lay up carbon rims and build wheels by hand in-house, South Industries has four main hookless tubeless carbon wheel […]
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