Turnagain FR80 Fatbike Rims 2015

If the Fat Bike Company sounds familiar, it might be due to the fact that as the parent company of Borealis Bikes, now they are setting their sights on components, the Fat Bike Company is introducing Turnagain – a parts and accessories company dedicated to fatbikes.

80mm rims are fairly common these days, but an 80mm cutout rim with eyelets? That’s something special. The single wall rims are built with 64 eyeletted spoke holes for centered or offset lacing. Like any rim with eyelets, especially single wall, the eyelets help with wheel building keeping the nipples turning freely, and help distribute the load of the nipple evenly around the rim hole. That results in straight wheels that can usually be brought up to higher tension, keeping them straight, longer. Thanks to the cutouts, the rim weight is kept to 890g even with the eyelets. The FR80 will likely offer some serious competition to other rim manufacturers.

FR80 rims are available in 3 anodized colors, black, silver, and red and are being offered for aftermarket or OEM sales.With those cutouts, you’re going to need some rims strips. You know, if you don’t want to go the gorilla tape and ribbon route. Enter the Turnagain RS80, a durable rim strip that is perfectly matched to the 80mm wide FR80 rim.

FR80 rims are available now.