SpedPrecision

@Ryanrobinson1984: We are gathering video on all our travels. Whether its to our factory, to a local or WC race to work with our athletes or just BS talk on the local trails on our daily rides. Ideally we would like to put it all together to show how it all comes about. Its a real project..but its a slow project and honestly gets worked on after all the other tasks are done for the day. While we would love to be able to offer you a set at $1000... its just not feasible and be able to run a business. We do have some sets allocated to marketing and R and D. We also are currently setting up ambassador deals for some deserving folks. You can always throw your hat in the ring for that by shooting us an email from our site. Tell us about yourself...

@MisterJones: Actually this is a good idea. We are trying (slowly) to put together a short video story on the development of our rims. Design, testing, lab breakage etc. With so many off the shelf cookie cutter rims available online and direct from every corner carbon shop in Asia, we feel the story needs to be told on what the real difference is. I agree that most of these rims look exactly the same. Under the matte black paint the end user has no idea what they are getting. I can promise you the price tag is inline with the regular margins that the bike industry operates on. A great deal of the price comes in the labor it takes to lay up a carbon rim. Depending on the layup there can be upwards of 50-75 pieces of precisely cut fiber that needs to placed accurately in the mold for each rim. So building a carbon rim with the intent of creating a tuned ride is quite time consuming. Doing it consistently for each piece takes a lot of time and training for the person laying the pieces together. We take the time to make sure each one is done right. To the extent of sometimes only making 10-12 rims per day.

Hi Everyone, We just woke up from a midnight run from Monterey and have some time to answer a few questions while we take a break from unloading the van. Feel free to post a few questions and we will try and get back to some of them over the next few days. -Why we are doing what we are doing with all the wheels out there.. -What our design philosophy is.. -Questions on shape etc... We are an open book here and working on getting a world cup level wheelset into your hands at a real world price. Want our riders and customers to see the engineering they are paying for instead of just taking a brochures word for it. Look forward to talking to some of you guys(and gals) Thanks for stopping by.. Sped Precision