Industry Nine
Bicycle hubs, spokes and drive systems machined and anodized in Asheville, North Carolina since 2004
⚙️ American Manufacturing
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Where Industry Nine products are made
Every hub component made in-house
Industry Nine says it “engineers and manufactures every component of its hub and wheel systems in-house — hub shells, axles, spokes, pawls, drive rings, and anodizing.” That is an unusually complete claim: most wheel brands assemble parts made by somebody else.
Asheville since 2004
The company states it has been anodizing and machining in Asheville, North Carolina since 2004, and describes itself as born out of a family machine shop in the Blue Ridge. The machining, the finishing and the testing are in the same place.
Carbon rims come from Canada
Industry Nine’s WR1 carbon rim programme hand-lays rims in Kamloops, British Columbia, built from the foundation of We Are One Composites. Because a visible part of the wheel is made outside the United States, this profile uses American Manufacturing rather than Made in USA.
Industry Nine publishes its founding year, its location and its manufacturing detail on its own site: machining and anodizing hubs, spokes and drive systems in Asheville, North Carolina since 2004, with every component of its hub and wheel systems engineered and manufactured in-house. The company also states that its WR1 carbon rims are hand-laid in Kamloops, British Columbia. Because a visible component of a complete wheel is made outside the United States, we label Industry Nine American Manufacturing rather than Made in USA. The hub and spoke work is genuinely domestic by the company’s own account; shoppers buying a complete carbon wheelset should know where the rim comes from.
The story
Industry Nine grew out of a family machine shop in the Blue Ridge mountains — the kind of precision shop that takes contract work and occasionally decides it can build something better than what it is being asked to make.
Since 2004 the company has been machining and anodizing bicycle hubs, spokes and drive systems in Asheville, North Carolina. Its signature is a one-piece aluminium spoke that threads directly into the hub, a design that only works if you control the machining of both parts.
That vertical integration is the whole argument. Hub shells, axles, spokes, pawls, drive rings and the anodizing are all done in-house, which is why the colours are as distinctive as the engagement and why the company can iterate on a design without waiting on a supplier.
The one deliberate exception is carbon. Industry Nine’s WR1 programme hand-lays rims in Kamloops, British Columbia, built on the foundation of We Are One Composites — a specialist operation rather than an anonymous factory, but not an American one.
Why they matter
Bicycle components are close to a fully offshore category. Hubs, rims and spokes almost all come from a small number of Asian factories, and most brands are designers and marketers rather than manufacturers. Industry Nine running its own machining and anodizing in North Carolina is a genuine outlier.
In-house anodizing matters more than it sounds. It is a wet chemical process with real environmental compliance costs, which is exactly why it gets sent overseas. Industry Nine keeping it in Asheville is a choice with a price attached.
And the company is straightforward about the part it does not make domestically. Industry Nine publishes Kamloops alongside Asheville, rather than blurring the two under one flag, and that kind of disclosure is what makes the rest of the claim credible.
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Frequently asked questions
Where are Industry Nine hubs made?
In Asheville, North Carolina. The company states it has been anodizing and machining hubs, spokes and drive systems there since 2004, and that it engineers and manufactures every component of its hub and wheel systems in-house.
When was Industry Nine founded?
2004. Industry Nine says on its own site that it has been machining in Asheville, North Carolina since 2004, and describes itself as born out of a family machine shop in the Blue Ridge.
Are Industry Nine wheels made in the USA?
The hubs, spokes, axles, pawls, drive rings and anodizing are made in Asheville, North Carolina. The WR1 carbon rims are hand-laid in Kamloops, British Columbia, so this profile carries the American Manufacturing label rather than Made in USA.
What makes Industry Nine hubs distinctive?
One-piece aluminium spokes that thread directly into the hub, high engagement drive systems, and in-house anodizing that produces the colour range the brand is known for.