Nox Composites hails from Knoxville, TN. Two engineers/bike racers founded the company in 2012 and their focus has been on delivering carbon wheels that excel at making bike riding better and more competitive, all at prices that enable more riders to experience the benefits of carbon hoops.
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Nox Composites Kitsuma wheelset specs
- Rim weight: 475g +/- 10g
- Actual wheel weight: 960g rear, 830g front
- Hubs: Industry Nine Torch XD 12x142mm rear, 15x100mm front
- Spokes: Sapim CX Ray black
- Asymmetric rim offset: 2.6mm
- Spoke dole drilling: Asymmetric, 5 deg
- Max spoke tension: 200 kgf
- Depth: 30mm
- Width: 42mm external, 36mm internal
- Hole count: 32, (others available custom order only)
- Tubeless ready: taped and valve installed
- Finish: Satin Unidirectional CarbonTech
- Features: UniWeave, RockGuard HL, Anti-Burp Bump
- Rider weight limit: none
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Nox Composites Kitsuma wheelset build
Nox isn't the first to the wide rim party, others have split the sea of narrow rims, namely Derby, as well as Ibis with its awesome 741 hoops, and a few others here and there.
The benefits of wide rims are numerous and easily felt. It all boils down to supporting the tire better. Instead of rounding the tire, wide rims square the tire and the tread allowing better cornering and less sidewall squirm and folding. Wide rims increase tire volume, therefore improving stability and traction, both huge benefits everywhere, from slow speed technical climbs to full-gas descending — and certainly when blasting corners. They’re also less prone to burping when set up tubeless. See, wide rims are goooood.
Have to have the right rubber
Now the good stuff, the ride
Better than the parts
Nox Composites Kitsuma wheelset pricing and availability
- Rim pricing: US$499, UK and Australian pricing not available
- Complete wheel pricing: £1,399, US$1,808 and AU$2,420
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