Designed to keep you rolling
Handbuilt carbon wheels for big miles and every surface. Built in the UK by ultra-endurance racers, for riders who need to finish.
- Handbuilt in the UK
- Five-year warranty
- Race-proven since 2019
- Direct from the builders
Why Zolla
Wheels for the long haul
A broken spoke or a hub that needs dismantling isn’t just an annoyance. It’s the difference between finishing and scratching. Between the podium and the Maglia Nera. Between ending your trip early and completing what you set out to do.
Most carbon wheels sell on headlines: a fraction of a watt at 45km/h, a few grams saved. We build for strength and longevity first, then keep as much of the weight and aero advantage of carbon as we can. The result is a wheel you can ride on all surfaces, over any distance, for years.
Zolla is an Italian word for everything from a bump in the road to a tectonic plate. We wanted a name that embodied our mission: to help you make molehills out of mountains.
The range
Three wheelsets. Every surface.
Odesa 35mm All-Road
Adventure wheels for tarmac, gravel and everything between.
- 35mmRim depth
- 21.5mmInternal width
- 28 to 50mmTyre range
- 28Sapim spokes
Dnipro 40mm Wide-Rim
Aero on road tyres, with room for gravel. Optimised for 28 to 32mm.
- 40mmRim depth
- 25mmInternal width
- 28 to 50mmTyre range
- 28Sapim CX-Ray spokes
Poltava 29er
Boost 29er wheels for off-road ultras and bikepacking.
- 25mmRim depth
- 30mmInternal width
- Any MTBTyre size
- 32Sapim CX-Ray spokes
How we build
Quality in every spoke
The best materials, chosen for strength and longevity, and a slow, careful build by hand. Here’s what that means for your wheels.
Built to last
Every wheel is laced, tensioned and trued by hand with longevity in mind. We’re not chasing grams at the expense of strength, so your wheels keep rolling for years, not seasons.
Quality components
Toray carbon rims, Sapim spokes and proven hubs, chosen for durability and strength rather than price, then laced by hand so the whole is stronger than the parts.
Tested in the field
Ultra races, FKT attempts and bikepacking trips across Europe and beyond. Our wheels have seen Italian streambeds, Scottish quad tracks and Roubaix cobbles, and survived the lot.
Inside every Zolla wheel
The best components, brought together by hand
Our rims, spokes and hubs come from specialists around the world. What makes them a Zolla wheel is the build: one experienced pair of hands, one wheelset at a time.
Toray carbon rims
T700/T800 carbon, U-shaped, hooked and tubeless-ready.
Sapim spokes
Bladed CX-Ray or D-Light from Belgium, laced 28 or 32 per wheel.
Bitex or DT Swiss hubs
Taiwanese star-ratchet hubs: Bitex BX160 as standard, DT Swiss 350 as the premium and Boost build.
Hand-built in the UK
Laced, tensioned, trued and stress-relieved by one builder, then measured again before it ships.
Our friends in Poltava
Trailmech, and why our wheels carry Ukrainian names
From our first prototypes in 2019 until 2026, every Zolla wheel turned on a Vortex ratchet hub machined by Trailmech in Poltava, eastern Ukraine. They never let a rider down, and they are the reason each of our wheelsets is named after a Ukrainian city or river.
With the Trailmech team now serving in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, production is on hold and the company is hibernating until the war allows it to return. We still support every Trailmech hub we have sold, and we look forward to the day we can build on them again.
Our philosophy
The fastest wheels are the ones that get you over the line.Strong yet light, for riders of all sizes, carrying any load, in any conditions
Palmarès
Proven where it counts
GBDURO 2023
Land’s End to John O’Groats off-road, on Dnipro 40mm wide-rim wheels.
Classics Story 2024
Bergs, Roubaix cobbles and the Ardennes in three and a half days, on Kyiv wheels.
Two Volcano Sprint 2021
Vesuvius to Etna in 65 hours, on our original 40mm Kyiv wheels.
Riders’ words
What people say after the big rides
The best wheels I have ever owned. I used them when I broke the Badger Divide FKT, and the strength of the wheel gave me the confidence to push on the technical descents, while the deeper 35mm rim kept the speed up on the smoother sections.
Compared to riding the same event on high-quality aluminium wheels two years ago, the difference was noticeable in both comfort and speed. Built by a team who understand endurance riding, they give you the ability to just keep on rolling.
I put them through the ultimate test, the Three Peaks Bike Race, 2,200km self-supported across Europe’s most brutal mountain terrain. They didn’t just survive, they thrived. Buttery smooth, incredibly stable and razor-sharp in responsiveness.
I bought these specifically to withstand the rigours of ultra cycling events where reliability is paramount. Tubeless tyres fitted effortlessly with normal hand levers, which may prove crucial when faced with a puncture in a remote location.
Lovely new Zolla wheels. Nice wide rims and sweet freehub.
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Latest from the road
Custom build? Dynamo hub? Unusual axle?
Don’t see the spec you need? We build to order and happily advise on tyres, freehubs and tubeless setup. Lead times vary with component availability, but most custom builds turn around in a few weeks.