"A pair of my wheels are the best upgrade you'll ever make!"
Matthew Larsen Wheelbuilding (MLW) believes in traditional hand-built wheels. Before building your wheel, I’ll ask some questions about the wheels’ application, you, your riding style, and then I’ll give you a price quote. Each wheel will be handbuilt to your specifications. While all four dimensions of wheelbuilding (side-to-side, up-and-down, spoke tension, & dish) are reached, the spokes are continually stressed and stressed and stressed some more before they are locked into place creating a wheel that stands.
This is the most durable, lightest, aerodynamic, serviceable, long-lasting wheel you can get. In my professional opinion, they are superior to any of the current low spoke-count, $20/spoke, machine-built wheels on the market today. Some riders measure wheels by weight or cost. I believe they are also measured by quality and life expectancy.
26,” 700c, 29er; tandem, single speed, fixed gear; disk, drum or rim brake; tubular, tubeless, and more. There is no wheel discrimination at MLW I am just happy to build your wheels.
About Me
Where am I?
I built my first bicycle wheel waaaay back before I ever worked at a bike shop. Since then I’ve learned a bunch about building wheels. I worked my way through the bike industry working at some shops and for a distributor as their wheelbuilder/mechanic . I’m not sure how many wheels I’ve built over the years but there were days and weeks when all I did was sit there at the truing stand. Chances are you might already be riding some of my wheels. When I’m not riding or working on bikes I can be found skiing, planning my next adventure, teaching my dog stupid dog tricks, drinking some of my homemade beer or any combination of the above.
Ride on,
-Matty