British manufacturer of wheel rims and spokes?

thefonz78
thefonz78 Posts: 148
edited July 2011 in Workshop
Is it possible to have a 100% british wheel built? Hope manufacture hubs in the uk but i can not think of any rims and spokes manufacturers? I they difficult to manufacturer or something?

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  • g00se
    g00se Posts: 2,221
    Whether you'd want them on a road bike, but Pashley bikes are supposedly 100% UK (apart from some pedals). Who supplies the wheels for them?
  • pete.whelan
    pete.whelan Posts: 788
    don't think there is anyone in the UK doing rims and spokes
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  • Pseudonym
    Pseudonym Posts: 1,032
    spokes are relatively easy - pretty much any wheelbuilder can make them with the right machine. Nothing unusual in that.

    A motorcycle wheel builder I use makes his own spokes - they're just bits of wire at the end of the day....
  • rajMAN
    rajMAN Posts: 429
    Royce Uk for Hubs also. :D