Forged (Tubeless) wheels for Hunter Cub *New Product!*

[kevvyd]

Not trying to be a salesperson for Webike here. No affiliations, compensation, commission, etc.
But, looks like a new wheel choice might have just been produced/made available.
I'm wholeheartedly a "wire spoked" wheel fanatic......I think these are very nice looking in spite of that!!!

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[G19Tony]

If they will sell you the DOT tires to go with them.

 

[BaldRider]

I looked at them and they didn’t ship until August which is too late for my needs. Plus, the whole tariff thing.

 

[dmonkey]

Looks like the list price from the manufacturer in Japan is ¥90,000 per wheel, or about $617 USD per wheel and $1,234 for a set. That's pricier than the Evatek cast wheels that are listed at $986, but those have also been sold out nearly every time I've pulled up the product page so Galespeed's wheels might sell well if they can keep up with demand. Graves Motorsports and Hard Racing sell Galespeed products out of the USA, so once those wheels hit the market those vendors might be an option to purchase the Galespeed Type-X wheels through rather than buying off Webike Japan.

 

[blod]

Hi,
if you do a search on which is best spokes or cast they recommend for off road use spoke type and track use cast type .
So I would say if you do a lot of trail riding and hit pot holes the spoke ones sound like they are less likely to give you as much trouble.

 

[G19Tony]

Are there tubeless DOT tires for our bikes yet?

 

[BaldRider]

Are there tubeless DOT tires for our bikes yet?

Michelin City Extras don't count?

 

[G19Tony]

Michelin City Extras don't count?

Are those for tubeless. I actually don't know. All I do know, is at the time, there were no DOT tubeless tires that would work.

 

[BaldRider]

Yes, 80/90-17 are tubeless but can be run with tubes (I am). They make a TT in 2.50-17 and 2.75-17 but they are 43P and 47P, respectively. The 80/90-17 is 50S

 

[dmonkey]

The Gale Speed Type-X wheels are now available on Webike Japan.

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$738.61 USD per wheel at the current conversion rate, before shipping. $828.88 USD per wheel if you select "glass coating" (gloss? ceramic?)

 

[blod]

They do look the biz!

 

[BaldRider]

Good thing it’s too late for me to buy stuff from overseas (or anything with my self-imposed cutoff date). Otherwise, I’d be tempted.