Asheville’s Industry Nine is known for its high-end wheels that often have a good amount of color to them thanks to the company’s color customization program.
Industry Nine has made a name for itself with a variety of colors and hub options. 2018 Interbike. © Eric Takayama / Cyclocross Magazine
At Interbike, Industry Nine showed off wheelsets built with its Torch Road Alloy (TRA) platform. The TRA is a marriage between Industry Nine’s mountain and road disc wheelsets aimed at cyclocross and gravel.
The TRA build has straight-pull aluminum spokes that thread into Industry Nine’s Torch hub shell and a square internal nipple at the rim. A standard 14g wrench flat outside the rim keeps service simple. The company claims the TRA system offers reduced weight, lower spoke tensions and greater reliability and serviceability.
TRA hubs are designed for straight-pull spokes that thread into the hub. 2018 Interbike. © Eric Takayama / Cyclocross Magazine
Industry Nine offers the TRA platform for three rims: the Pillar Carbon ULCX, Ultralite 235 CX alloy and AR25 alloy rims for 700c and 650b wheelsets.
AR25 TRA on the left, Ultralight 235 CX TRA on the right. 2018 Interbike. © Eric Takayama / Cyclocross Magazine
Industry Nine ships its wheelsets with its “clog-free” valve stems and tubeless rim tape installed.
Industry Nine’s tubeless valve is designed to prevent clogging. 2018 Interbike. © Eric Takayama / Cyclocross Magazine
The deal maker on Industry Nine wheels for some might be its color customization program. The base level is all black, Level 1 accents up to eight spokes per wheel in one color, Level 2 colors the hub in a single color and Level 3 has no color restrictions to let your imagination run wild.
The Level 3 “No Color Restrictions, Unlimited Customizations” TRA wheel on display. 2018 Interbike. © Eric Takayama / Cyclocross Magazine
The new TRA wheelsets for cyclocross and gravel are now available.
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