Ryan Downes has been creating quite a buzz with his company https://www.ryanbuildswheels.co.uk a workers co-op where all staff are paid equally and co-own the business.Being a wheel obsessive himself, Sean was chomping at the bit to ask Ryan all about his work and quite a few niggling wheelbuilding issues that keep us all awake at night. (Ok, that’s just Sean.)So be prepared to sort your inbound from your outbound spokes, your nipple lubers from your dry threaders and another two barrel blast at road hookless rims!

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