We are big fans of everything Industry Nine and wanted to give you an inside look at how your Industry Nine wheels get built. Industry Nine offers a full range mountain bike and road wheelsets for nearly every industry standard. No matter if you are a novice or a professional rider, Industry Nine has a wheelset for you at a variety of different price points. All of Industry Nine’s wheels are manufactured and hand built in Asheville, North Carolina. For more info on the machining process of all Industry Nine products, check out another one of our articles Inside Industry Nine. Follow along the life of the purchase order, from manufacturing, quality control, picking parts, to hubs and wheel assembly. There is so much that goes in to every single wheel that comes out of Industry Nine, and we are here to walk you through that process.
Quality Inspection
Before any parts make it on to the shelves ready to be assembled, all of i9’s hubs, axles, end caps, system spokes, freehub bodies, and pawls are all manufactured right here at Industry Nine. Each of the different components are sent through a quality inspection to check roundness, bearing tolerances, surface finish, etc. before being sent to anodizing. This process is what ensures each of the different components that make up any of Industry Nine’s wheels or stems are within spec. For example, if a bearing bore is slightly undersized, when that bearing is pressed in to place it may experience unnecessary bearing load causing it to fail prematurely. If an end cap is slightly out of round, it may not seal properly or cause the axle to bind. Industry Nine goes above and beyond to make sure each of their components are inspected thoroughly that way the end customer gets the best product possible.
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We're a group of dudes who really enjoy three things. Bikes, Business and Beer. We see value in enjoying our lives, working in an industry we're passionate about and around people we actually like. We built this shop on a backbone of exceptional customer experience, unique product offering, attention to detail and a modern day business model. We care about innovation, technology and bringing value to our customers. This is in many ways disrupting the way retail has been done in the bicycle industry for the past several decades. But by now you know, we are far from the typical bike shop and love being different and being better.
