Pi Rope’s unique 2.2g Vectran fiber spokes add tons of new options, with many new wheel build in carbon or alloy rims, their first in-house-developed hubs, and of course, rainbow colors for their spokes and nipples. If you are looking to build a unique road, gravel, or mountain bike wheelset, it’s hard to argue that an ultralight fiber-spoked wheel wouldn’t already stand out from the crowd. But now Pi Rope laces up tons more opportunities for customization.
Pi Rope ultralight Vectran fiber spoke wheels go rainbow
Pi Rope first debuted their superlight textile spoke wheels back in 2018 with their unique braided Vectran polyester fiber in its natural off-white. Then, just half a year later they got a stealthy black update, in the complete Squirrel Black edition wheels, developed with superlight Newmen carbon rims.
Now that Pi Rope has dialed in the process that dyes the polyester fiber, they are dramatically expanding their color options…
Now Pi Rope officially lists eleven spoke colors available – natural ‘Golden Shine’, Bright Yellow, Bright Orange, pale Dusky or Bright Pink, Red, Light/Medium/Dark Blues, Dark Green, or Black.
Each Pi Rope wheel is built to order, so you can add a small color accent with one or two spokes, use all of one color of spokes, or go crazy with rainbows. Adding colors adds a bit to the total wheel set price – Pi Rope says it starts at about an extra 20€ per color, although it depends on the complete build. They even offer customized anodized nipple colors as well.
New Cannondale Lefty ready MTB wheelsets
Of course, when you build XC mountain bike wheelsets as light as 1000g, somebody is going to what to put them on a cross-country bike with a Cannondale Lefty fork. But remembering back to when we first looked at Pi Rope, their unique tension-only braided fiber spokes require a special oversized hub connection, so there wasn’t a readily available hub that would work.
More & more Pi Rope custom wheel building options
