#industry-nine

#industry-nine

With the closure of CSS Composites, many brands are left hanging when it comes to honoring the lifetime warranty on their wheels made by CSS Composites. CSS manufactured wheels for Revel Bikes, Trek Bicycles, Chris King, Evil Bicycles, and, under their own component brand, Forge+Bond. With so many brands using this thermoplastic carbon for their wheels, many were left wondering how this situation would be resolved, and Revel Bikes has found a solution rather quickly.

If you're buying a pair of carbon wheels, the reassurance of a lifetime warranty can often help you justify the cost. But what happens when the company that manufactured those wheels goes out of business and the warranty is no longer valid? That's the situation owners of Revel wheels found themselves in after the recent surprise closure of CSS Composites.

For Industry Nine, it's a play to bring carbon rim production in-house, cutting down lead times, increasing control over the supply chain, and likely opening the door for even more integrated designs.

While Industry Nine's SOLix hubs provide an ultra-snappy pickup similar to their legendary Hydra MTB hubs, they are designed for road, gravel, and XC use.