White Out!

No, not the office product that has a variety of alternative uses (according to most office based TV shows), but these;



KinLin XR-300 White rims, built on DT Swiss 240s hubs and Aerolite spokes, with DT Swiss Red nipples tying them all together.

Weight: 670gm front, 804gm Rear.

New anodized colors added to the range, Gold and Red.

Available in XR-270 (20, 24, 28, 32h) and XR-300 (20, 24, 28h).

We are the only company in the US to import and distribute these colors of KinLin rims, and now stock over 100 SKU's!

Blue and Pink coming soon...watch this space!

New Shipment

The second of our planned shipments has now arrived, giving us a wider selection of Red XR-270's and also XR-300's. New to the table are Gold XR-270's and XR-300's also.

Mountain bikes aren't forgotten, with the introduction of the ADHN in a non machined form for lower cost 29er disc wheels paired with DT Swiss 370 hubs.

Our KinLin stocks are now the biggest and have the widest variety available anywhere in the world, so whatever your needs or desires, we've got that!

New Shipment

We are rather proud of our association with Kinlin. From humble beginnings to over a thousand pounds per shipment, growing the range on offer and the stock levels available. As a result, we now have 98 SKU's and over 3,500 rims in stock. Our last shipment alone was over 800 pieces (1,119.950lbs), and our May shipment is over 1,700 pieces!

New items now on stock include XR-270 and XR-300 in White (powder coat), XR-270 in Red (anodized), and the Monster XD-280 28mm wide 29er rim! Dirt jumping on a 29er, anyone? Bueller?

Pictures will follow, and don't forget to ask for Kinlin rims (and complete wheels on DT Swiss hubs) at your LBS.

New rim shipment!

While we have been quiet in posting recently, it's only due to the show season and daily work activities taking their toll. To show how busy it has been, here are pictures of our latest KinLin 560 piece rim shipment, which finally give us the only stocks in North America of the XR-200 in polished silver (28, 32h). We think these look great for neo retro builds (being more of a classic box section rim shape) and make a nice change from the regular polished black finish so prevalent today.




Mountain bike rims also join the crowd, the XD-230 and XD-280 are available in both 26" and 29er flavors, with the option of black or white finishes.






A rim designed for daily use (commuting, training) at 510gm, the ADHN is the only KinLin rim we offer with eyelets. 24mm wide, it's perfect for Vittoria Open Pave and other 24-28c tires. Great for those cold winter days full of snow melt and runoff (even here in normally sunny SoCal it's been snowing!).




Finally, we started stocking the shallower 24mm deep 455gm XR-240 rim, which is available in 20, 24, 28, 32h (700c) and 20, 24h in 650c. This rim is only available in polished black. We will also be offering this rim in our comprehensive prebuilt range of wheelsets.



Some new items and product lines are being released for 2009, stay tuned for some exciting news!

The Taiwanese are here!

Anyone who remembers Breaking Away will remember the original line. Unfortunately these days the rim choices from Italy are not so easy to get excited about. It's a shame, because back in the day you needed two hands to count off the number of different companies, now all that exists is Ambrosio and DRC (Campagnolo only offer complete wheels). While both companies make good rims, they don't get as innovative as the Taiwanese. For a good place to look, KinLin is it. See some posts below about this.

In any case, this is what a shipment of rims looks like, all 386 of them...