HamboCairns
Thanks for all the bananas
How much does that come to inc delivery?
Also, what does it mean to be a brand ambassador for them?
From the Blue Skye to the Deep Green Sea - Transition Spur
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Also, what does it mean to be a brand ambassador for them?
Rorschach
Didnt pay $250 for this custom title
More than a crisp 50 Hambo, you’re out
dirtdad
Wants to be special but is too shy
Sound great. Just check the serial number on that hub!
HamboCairns
Thanks for all the bananas
Sad face. And true..
ozzybmx
taking a shit with my boobs out
It means I get a special price on the rims.
I do still pay full price on shipping which is $60usd.
They use EMS for shipping which gets the rims from China to your front door in 5-7 days.
One thing about Nextie rims is the published ERD, it always seems on the short side by about ~4mm so I never order spokes using the website ERD, instead waiting till I get the rims and measure it myself. It delays the build by several weeks but saves reordering spokes.
beeb
Dr. Beebenson, PhD HA, ST, Offset (hons)
Just how many rims did you order before you headed down the ambassador path?* Somehow I don't think my 6 so far will cut it somehow...
*I don't actually expect an answer to this!
ozzybmx
taking a shit with my boobs out
It wasn't the amount of rims.Just how many rims did you order before you headed down the ambassador path?* Somehow I don't think my 6 so far will cut it somehow...
*I don't actually expect an answer to this!
Story coming...
Back in the fatbike days, I came up with a design on a set of fatbike rims that the new carbon wheel company called Nextie were releasing. I sent him the design before the release as I was excited about the first set of fatbike rims that would actually work tubeless without a kilo of tape and foam. He was originally releasing these in plain black Matt or Gloss.
I wanted a set of carbon rims painted yellow and the Nextie name printed around each side in 3 places like ENVE decal placement. Yellow wheels below, this picture is still on his website somewhere.
He made them for me, took pictures of the painted rims and put them on his website, I shared it over at MTBR and the snow riders jumped all over it. He said it was the biggest single jump in his business and the pivotal point in the Nextie name getting out there. The painted rims orders were his biggest sellers.
I also think the wrapped single decal on my first set on MTB wheels came from my idea and even possibly the single wrapped outline. Up until then he only offered small 3 'Nextie' on each side.
He used to send me free sets to ride, different colours (fluro green, B&W below), some prototype ideas... even got a 29" MTB 6 spoke full carbon mag wheel here that he was messing with at one stage. Even up until recently, he would send my order and an additional set of rims would turn up with a note explaining what they were. I still have a set of Kevlar impregnated road/CX/touring rims still unbuilt that were extras.
He sent me 2 free sets of what were his new Premium XC rims for my boys to race on so they tag #nextie on their Instagram podium pictures and some of the race pics get shared by Nextie Au.
I used to order rims for mates but they kept cracking them, buying UL carbon XC rims then hitting rock gardens at full speed, running low pressures, not checking pressures before every ride or burping a tyre and continuing to ride.
It was wearing my favours thin, he replaced about 5 rims for other people free of charge that I had bought on a massive discounted price. It was time to stop, no more rim sets for mates.
I was ripping the ass out of his kindness and if I continued... would eventually shit in my own nest.
beeb
Dr. Beebenson, PhD HA, ST, Offset (hons)
A large part of the reason I buy Nexties is because I can get them without any branding!
Happily recommend their product to whoever asks about it, but yeah - I love having no decals. If I had to have them your wrapped N's would be pretty tempting though, I like how they look on your Deviate.
Rorschach
Didnt pay $250 for this custom title
I bought some LightBicycle wheels for my roadie, they do them how you want them - I got mine with just a grey valve decal as opposed to all of the rest of the decals.
I do like the wrapped N's on this too, they look sweet
ozzybmx
taking a shit with my boobs out
To see the 'N's, the light has to be reflecting right.
Basically they just look black unless you look closer, then the 'N's stand out.
beeb
Dr. Beebenson, PhD HA, ST, Offset (hons)
I think they're the same company these days, just different "store fronts" (IIRC).
ozzybmx
taking a shit with my boobs out
Nextie came from a split, Brian was one of the founders of LB.
It was a very personal reason for the split, I dont think they even speak to each other and as far as I gathered, it was a clean buyout split.
beeb
Dr. Beebenson, PhD HA, ST, Offset (hons)
NFI about the history, just thought I saw something saying they merged together to simplify product lines sometime in the last 18 months or so? Only a vague recollection, so might be totally off-track!
ozzybmx
taking a shit with my boobs out
Asininedrivel
caviar connoisseur
Uuuuuuugh, people who do crap like this don't deserve to have nice things.
To be fair the branding is pretty subtle if you just go with the black:
ozzybmx
taking a shit with my boobs out
Thats the big thing about choosing carbon rims, pick the correct rim for your riding, ride to it capabilities and make sure your tyres are at the correct pressure. It easy to start reading weights and want lighter and lighter rims.
When you pick 280g XC race rims on the limit of riding or weight of rider, you leave very little room for error.