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Chris King Hub Custom Hand Built Wheels
Custom Chris King Hub Wheels, Built by Hand
Pick a Chris King hub, choose your rim, spokes and color, and we lace and true the wheel ourselves, one at a time, in our Georgia shop.
Build your custom Chris King wheel for:
From our truing stand
Chris King wheels we’ve built
Every one of these was laced and trued in our shop.
Start with the hub
The Chris King hubs we build with
Each card opens the builder with that hub already chosen. Scroll for all 8.
R45 Front HubBuild with this hub →
R45 Rear HubBuild with this hub →
MTB Front Centerlock Disc HubBuild with this hub →
MTB Front ISO 6 Bolt Disc HubBuild with this hub →
MTB Rear Centerlock Disc HubBuild with this hub →
MTB Rear ISO 6 Bolt Disc HubBuild with this hub →
R45 Front Centerlock Disc HubBuild with this hub →
R45 Rear Centerlock Disc HubBuild with this hub →How it works
From parts bin to your doorstep
1Pick your parts
Choose a Chris King hub, then the rim, spokes and nipples. The builder only offers parts that fit together.
2We measure and prep
Rim and hub are measured here: real ERD, real flange geometry. Spokes are cut to the length your build needs.
3Laced by hand
One builder laces your wheel on the stand. No machine builds, ever.
4Tensioned and trued
Brought up to even tension, stress-relieved, trued round and true, and checked again after it settles.
More about Chris King custom wheels
Specs, pairings and FAQ
Custom hand built wheels with Chris King hubs
Chris King has machined hubs in Portland, Oregon since 1976. The RingDrive engagement system and the company's own bearings are the reason these hubs get rebuilt and relaced rather than replaced.
We lace Chris King hubs to the rim of your choice and build the wheel by hand in our Georgia shop - tensioned evenly, trued flat and round, and stress-relieved before it ships. Spoke lengths are calculated from the measured flange geometry of your exact hub, not estimated from the model name.
The Chris King hubs we build with
These are J-bend hubs, which take standard J-bend spokes - the widest choice of gauge, color and material, and the easiest to source anywhere in the world if you ever break one far from home.
Axle spacing has to match your frame or fork, and it is the single most common thing people get wrong when ordering a wheel. We build Chris King hubs in 100mm, 110mm, 130mm, 142mm. If you are unsure what your frame takes, measure the inside faces of the dropouts before you order, or text us and we will work it out with you.
What to pair with a Chris King hub
A wheel is a system: the rim decides the tire and the braking, the hub decides the drivetrain and the axle fit, and the spokes have to suit both. Start from whichever end matters most to you and the configurator will keep the other end compatible.
Popular Chris King hub and rim pairings
Rims our customers build with each Chris King hub, led by the pairings they choose most often in our build records since 2009. Every rim listed is in the builder today in a drilling and brake type that fits; tap a hub to start that build.
- Chris King R45 with H Plus Son Archetype, Velocity A23, Velocity Deep V, DT Swiss RR 511, HED Belgium R, DT Swiss RR 411
- Chris King MTB with DT Swiss XM 481, Stan's NoTubes Flow EX3, Velocity Blunt 35, DT Swiss EX 511, Race Face AR Offset 30, WTB KOM Tough TCS 2.0 CVX I 25
- Chris King R45 Disc with Velocity Cliffhanger, Velocity Dyad, HED Belgium G, HED Vanquish V45 Performance Carbon, DT Swiss R 460, DT Swiss GR 531
Popular rims brands for these builds:
- Astral Rims
- Boyd Rims
- Chromag Rims
- Convergence We Are 1 Rims
- Derby Rims
- DT Swiss Rims
- ENVE Composites Rims
- H Plus Son Rims
- HED Rims
- IBIS Rims
- Industry Nine Rims
- Kinlin Rims
- Mavic Rims
- Nextie Rims
- NOX Composite Rims
- PWB Rims
- Race Face Rims
- Reserve Rims
- Spank Rims
- Stan's No Tube Rims
- Surly Rims
- Velo Orange Rims
- Velocity Rims
- WTB Rims
Want to check spoke lengths for a Chris King hub before you order? Our free spoke length calculator has the measured dimensions for it.
Chris King custom wheel questions
Can you build a wheel with a Chris King hub I already own?
Yes. Choose the supply-your-own hub option in the configurator, ship it to us, and we will lace it into a new wheel with new spokes cut to the right length for that exact hub. You pay for the parts you need and the build labor.
Which axle spacing do I need?
Whatever your frame or fork takes - we build Chris King hubs in 100mm, 110mm, 130mm, 142mm. Measure between the inside faces of your dropouts if you are unsure, or text us and we will work it out from your bike.
Can a Chris King hub be relaced into a new rim later?
Yes, and it is one of the better arguments for a quality hub. When the rim wears out or cracks, send us the wheel and we will build the hub into a new rim with new spokes. Spokes are not reused - they have taken a set at the old rim's dimensions.
How long will my Chris King wheel take?
Build time comes down to parts availability rather than bench time. Your estimated ship date is shown in the configurator before you check out, so you know the date before you pay.
Not sure what to pick? Text or leave a voicemail on 470-253-0929 or email info@prowheelbuilder.com — you will be talking to the people who build the wheels.
Not sure which hub or rim?
Tell the Build Assistant how you ride and what you want to spend, and it ranks complete builds for you.
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