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A few months back urban1cycle was brain storming and came up with the idea to bring two different idea’s together.. the fixed gear / single speed scene with vinyl toy world.. Some might not know too much about vinyl toy’s… many companies out there that product high end vinyl toys that I consider art and others do too.. Many big names out there such as Maihiro and Kidrobot.. After looking through Maihiro work, I def got interested and wanted to work together with them.. I contacted Nakanari @ Maihiro, after a few weeks of idea’s being tossed around. He came up with the ninja skitty idea. Then I contaced our boys @ Velocity wheels, who were totally down for the colab… and we got our hands on a sick set of white B43’s.. Here is a sneak peek of the colab… COMING SOON!

Here is a wheel detail of the design..

Here is a sneak peek of the actual rim..

The finished project is coming real soon!

Urban1cycle got our hand’s on a set of Velocity B43’s, and totally fell in love with them. With the deep 43mm triple walled rim it make’s the Deep V look like child’s play. To some the B-43’s are too deep, to others its perfection.. The big question that was up in the air was how the wheel would perform with brakes. On my Se Lager I use a front brake on my single speed setup.. thus making people question the performance of the wheel with the brake.

After dropping the wheels off @ 66Fixed in St.pete, Fl. Micheal tuned up the brakes, making sure the toe in is perfect on the wheel is very important to make the braking the best it can be. Over time yes the color will probably wear down, but if your interested in a deep high quality wheel, the B43 is the way to go..

Here are some specs of the Velocity B43:
The B43 AKA the Brisbane43, at 43mm deep, triple walled, and in drillings up to a 48h the B43 is the ultimate rim for tricking, and bike polo. If you’re looking for stiffness, rigidness, pure strength, and the bling that goes with it, roll these on your whip.

Colors: Black, White, Red, Yellow, Elec. Blue, Popsicle Purple, Gold, Orange, Lime Green, Ti Grey, Bright Silver, Pink, Olive Mist, Midnight Blue, Sid Blue, Celeste, Anti-Freeze, Frost Blue, Teal, Bronze

Drillings: 24, 28, 32h, 36h, 48h Most colors only available in 32h drillings call for details.

700c
Bead seat diameter 622
Weight 770g ERD =552
*** Most colors only offered in a 32h drilling.

If you want to check out more of Velocity’s sick wheel’s hit up their site Velocityusa.com