🚀 Lacers Update: Now Supporting 32” Wheels – Future-Ready Wheel Building

TCS SPOKE

New for carbon wheel production

TCS 说话

Holland Mechanics designed and patented the TCS spoke. It carries a correctly oriented square section that our machine can grip, which is now correctly oriented. The TCS carbon spoke are made by Sapim and Alpina under licence, so you can specify it for your wheels today.

TCS gripper that grips the square of the carbon spoke, preventing torsion and spoke damage

WHAT THE TCS SQUARE DESIGN CHANGES

1

A surface built to be gripped

The TCS gripper closes on the square and on nothing else, so no torsion ever reaches the carbon spoke.

 
2

The nipple turns, the spoke does not

Tension goes in with zero wind-up, on round and bladed carbon spokes alike. No damage, no breakage.

 
3

Held means controlled

With the spoke fixed, the machine can tension, center, stabilize and correctly measure the wheel as one sequence.

 
4

Aligned square, accurate measurement

The square has to face the gripper in the right orientation, that is where the machine engages from, this goes hand in hand with bladed spokes.

The square has to be oriented correctly for the machines to grip and measure it.

AVAILABLE FROM SPOKE MANUFACTURERS

What your line gets

No handling breakage

The build stops putting stress into the spoke that the rider pays for later.

 

Round and bladed

One gripper handles both carbon spoke types, straight-pull included.

 

Tension you can repeat

Tensioned the way the machine intended, not the way the spoke twisted.

 

Automatic carbon Line

Carbon spokes stops being the job only your best operators can take on.

Available on our carbon machines

Robot-OT truing machine
Tensions, centers and stabilizes with the spoke held still.

InLine Lacer, carbon option
Laces carbon spoked wheels without stress on the spoke.

🚲 Introducing Our Expanded Range of Rim Production Solutions (32 inch ready!)

Remember when the industry doubted the 29er? It’s happening again. The 2026 trend is clear: The off-road disciplines are going bigger to gain a massive advantage in rollover speed and stability. The bad news? Your current machines physically cannot lace them.

The good news? We built one that can.

 

Holland Mechanics introduces the first and only lacing platform ready for the 32” revolution. Avoid the bottleneck of expensive manual lacing and keep your margins healthy.

The Physics of Speed vs. Production

Riders and the UCI are pushing for 32″ wheels because they offer a shallower angle of attack, flattening roots and rocks that stall smaller wheels.

But here is the manufacturing catch. As rims get larger, they become significantly “floppier” during the build process. Achieving true and tension on a 32” wheel is exponentially harder than on a 29er.

Manual lacing struggles to control this flexibility, leading to inconsistent tension and higher failure rates in the field.

Your Competitive
Edge for 2026

 

  • Zero Manual Input: Don’t let a new standard slow you down. Our lacers automatically adjusts from standard sizes all the way to 32″ with no operator intervention.

  • Solving the “Floppy” Rim Issue: Our updated stabilization algorithm handles the unique flexibility of 32″ rims, delivering a stiff, high-tension wheel that manual lacing can’t match.

  • Future-Proof Your Factory: While competitors scramble to retrofit old lines, you’ll be ready to deliver prototypes and production runs the moment the orders arrive.