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American Classic launches OEM hub, rim & wheel lineup

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American Classic, who’s long made mid- and high-level aftermarket rims, hubs and wheels designed by Bill Shook, is turning an eye toward the OEM market. We’ve seen some of their tubeless ready Argent wheelsets turn up on gravel and cyclocross bikes over the past couple years, but it’s few and far between. With this new series of rims, hubs and complete wheels, they’re looking to build that presence.

They’ll offer two lines, a premium one using their 6-pawl cam hubs, and an all-new mid-range 2-pawl system with a massive 74 points of engagement.

The program is customizable so the OEM customers can work with American Classic to select a rim, hub and axle spec to make a complete wheel to match the intended use, whether that’s rim-brake or disc road, gravel, cyclocross, or even Plus MTB. The line officially launches at Eurobike next week.

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Junior Varsity
Junior Varsity
7 years ago

I like this.

Andrew Dasilva
7 years ago

I’d really like to get my hands on a pair of those ridiculously light aluminum or magnesium clinchers they make/made without having to buy the wheelset.

MaraudingWalrus
MaraudingWalrus
7 years ago
Reply to  Andrew Dasilva

they do sell the 2218 rim, which is 375g. Pretty darn light, though not quite as light as some of the stuff they’d used in their wheelsets.

Mr. Pickles
Mr. Pickles
7 years ago

Bill Shook is one of the bike industry’s unsung heroes of hub engineering.

Kernel Flickitov
Kernel Flickitov
7 years ago
Reply to  Mr. Pickles

Bill doesn’t really strike me as an unsung hero of hub design. There are far more compelling hubs out there than AC, and that don’t rely on cheap Asian labor either. Bill is one helluva ping pong player tho. That’s something.

Jellan
Jellan
7 years ago

Nice, want….

James Fryer
7 years ago

I used to love American Classic, but after a cracked hub, headset that never remained tight, and gritty bearings, I’ve learned to just say no.

mint Zebra
mint Zebra
7 years ago
Reply to  James Fryer

Sounds like bad luck more than anything. They haven’t made headsets for many years. Bearings wear out. Nothing lasts forever

Quill
Quill
7 years ago
Reply to  James Fryer

That was a long time ago! Things have changed a lot.

Rider C
Rider C
7 years ago
Reply to  James Fryer

Headset? Was that like 15+ years ago? I think there is a song in a movie my kids watch about that. Something like https://youtu.be/iEKLFS-aKcw?t=59

mint Zebra
mint Zebra
7 years ago

It’s great to see Bill Shook’s making his engineering expertise available to more riders.
I hope a lot of bike brands take advantage of this so we can buy bikes with better wheels on them.

Rider C
Rider C
7 years ago

I love my American Classic wheels! Can’t wait to try out these with more engagement.

urslow
urslow
7 years ago

Super excited to see great wheels finally coming already on bikes. One less thing that will need to be changed on my new bike!!

Shlomi d.
Shlomi d.
7 years ago

I love AC wheels .work great for me for many years in hard demanding rides , worlwide.

Erik DeKold
Erik DeKold
7 years ago

I know these will be a terrific new product for the industry. Can’t wait to see them on the road under more riders!

Bikergirl
Bikergirl
7 years ago

This is exciting! Can’t wait to see the American Classic products on more bikes!

Tim
Tim
7 years ago

Another rear hub with lots of POE. Another way to avoid over-priced, wobbly King rear hubs.

Robin
Robin
7 years ago
Reply to  Tim

Ok, I’ve finished neither the government nor Twitter’s acronym book yet, so what does “POE” mean?

Abe G
Abe G
7 years ago

Very cool, I’ve put AC wheels on every bike I’ve ever bought.

RobertW
RobertW
7 years ago

Wow, lots of comments in a row with nothing but praise. The human race doesn’t work like that. IP check on isle three, please.

Dylan
Dylan
7 years ago

As RobertW said, some serious Astro-turfing going on here! Bikerumor admin, hope you get onto it quick!

Zach Overholt
Admin
7 years ago
Reply to  Dylan

All separate IP addresses with legit email addresses.

Dylan
Dylan
7 years ago
Reply to  Zach Overholt

Thanks for checking Zach, but I’m still not convinced. Not saying there is anything you can do about it, but it just smells fishy.

I could hit you with at least 5 completely different looking IPs sitting here at my desk with remote access to servers and workstations running on various different parts of our corporate WAN, as well as another 4 on separate networks at contractor sites. Add in my work smartphone, personal phone, ipad and remote access to my home PC and that’s another 4 devices on separate networks. And that’s just using existing infrastructure set up for a completely different, legitimate purpose. Plenty of services also offer disposable IP addresses, and “legit” email accounts are worth every cent it costs to set up a gmail/hotmail account etc. And that’s just doing the whole thing ghetto-style in house; one can buy the whole service online.

Kevin Collings
Kevin Collings
7 years ago

Always liked my AC wheels. Waiting for the ss hubs to come back for a new build.

Altimis
7 years ago

Can’t wait Magnesium make coming back, please Bill, make one, take my money! 😀

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