TESTING - TESTING - TESTING

As we build Flash-Point wheels, we go though a number of quality checks. Each rim is inspected after molding for structural and aesthetic defects as it starts a journey towards becoming a wheel. After passing through the rim QC gates, each product is allocated a drilling pattern. In the case of FP40 rim this will be 20 or 24 holes.

Moving out of the drilling area, our rim is checked for sharp burrs in the tire bed, put in a suction device to remove stray particles and drilling residue, then closely inspected for dill hole orientation and the valve hole is sized with a go no-go gauge.

After being laced into rim by hand, (during this process the hub is spun to ensure the bearings are smooth), the proto-wheel is tensioned on a truing stand. Once the wheel builder has the wheel up to our tension spec, it is checked for dish, roundness, brake track variation and each spoke is measured for tension.

The last checks come after removal from the truing stand when the wheel is placed in a 'crusher', additional force is applied to the spokes to make sure there is no false spoke bedding and the wheel parameters are tweeked on the stand once again.

Before the wheel is boxed, it is given a final balance check, spun by hand and held very lightly to detect wobble and rotational imperfections. Be assured the wheel you get, has seen more than its fair share of hands, eyes and critique.