Hawes House Bike Shop has specialized in custom wheel builds since 2008. Bicycle wheel technology has progressed so greatly that there is a flood of both low cost machine-built wheels as well as high end performance wheels available today. However all off the shelf wheels share the same problem, they were built to meet the needs of a marketing department or a price point not the needs of your demanding ride.

Each of our custom wheels is different just as every rider is different. We select the hubs, rims, spokes and nipples for your wheel based upon you (weight, power, style) and how you ride (commuting, group rides, crit races, cross country, trail riding, enduro) as well as your budget. Once your parts have been selected your wheel is laced in a pattern specific to your needs.

Our Master Wheel Builder takes great pride in craftsmanship and delivering precision results with tolerances simply unachievable by factory machines.  Each spoke is prepped based upon your wheels design then hand laced to your selected hub and rim combo.  All spokes are pre stressed to the hub and brought up to tension, dish and true by hand.  Your wheel is pre stressed to ensure that it holds it’s true and maintains its tension.  We measure all tolerances to ensure a truly precise build. Our wheels are true laterally, radially and in dish.