Wheel Builds: Chris King + Stan’s Alpha 340

The Service Department of NYC Velo doesn’t get much attention on the interwebs, though we’ve got much to be proud of.  We recently laced up some wheels for a custom Indy Fab Steel Crown Jewel road bike. We specified Chris King‘s new R45 hubs, which are lightweight and have a redesigned freehub that offers lighter engagement and a quieter, less intense/killer bee freewheeling chorus.

 

The rims are the Alpha 340 model from Stan’s NoTubes, are very light and strong, and allow the option of using tubeless road tires. Sapim supplied their CX-Ray low profile bladed spokes (both the front and rear wheels sport 28 spokes), which are, not surprisingly, lightweight and provide an exceptionally long fatigue life.

 

These wheels are very strong, fully serviceable, and came out to be respectably light at 1340g for the pair.