A wheel for an industrial vehicle comprising: a substantially cylindrical wheel rim including opposed first and second annular edges and a rim base therebetween; a hub aperture having a longitudinal axis passing through the hub aperture, the longitudinal axis being parallel to the longitudinal axis of an axle to which the wheel is configured to be mounted; a surface extending radially outwardly, when mounted, from the hub aperture to the first annular edge of the wheel rim; and a back flange substantially planar in cross-section extending radially inwardly from the second annular edge of the wheel rim towards the longitudinal axis, the back flange formed at an angle with respect to the rim base and having a free inward distal end extending towards the longitudinal axis, wherein the surface comprises a center hub section extending radially outwardly from the hub aperture, a transition section extending radially outwardly from the center hub section, and an outer annular face section extending radially outwardly from the transition section to the first annular edge of the wheel rim, the outer annular face section positioned outwardly along said longitudinal axis towards the first annular edge from the center hub section and wherein the outer annular face section is substantially planar in cross-section and the rim base continues from the outer annular face section at an angle of 90 degrees plus or minus 10 degrees with respect to the substantially planar outer annular face section, characterized in that the center hub section has a substantially planar cross-section, the substantially planar cross-section of the center hub section and the substantially planar cross-section of the outer annular face section being substantially parallel to each other, and alternatively: - the center hub section has a substantially planar cross-section that lies on a center line drawn vertically through a cross-section of the wheel, the center line being drawn equidistantly spaced between the first and second annular edges; or - the center hub section being offset either outwardly along said longitudinal axis towards the outer annular face section or inwardly along said longitudinal axis towards the back flange from a center line drawn vertically through a cross-section of the wheel, the center line being drawn equidistantly spaced between the first and second annular edges. a substantially cylindrical wheel rim including opposed first and second annular edges and a rim base therebetween; a hub aperture having a longitudinal axis passing through the hub aperture, the longitudinal axis being parallel to the longitudinal axis of an axle to which the wheel is configured to be mounted; a surface extending radially outwardly, when mounted, from the hub aperture to the first annular edge of the wheel rim; and a back flange substantially planar in cross-section extending radially inwardly from the second annular edge of the wheel rim towards the longitudinal axis, the back flange formed at an angle with respect to the rim base and having a free inward distal end extending towards the longitudinal axis, wherein the surface comprises a center hub section extending radially outwardly from the hub aperture, a transition section extending radially outwardly from the center hub section, and an outer annular face section extending radially outwardly from the transition section to the first annular edge of the wheel rim, the outer annular face section positioned outwardly along said longitudinal axis towards the first annular edge from the center hub section and wherein the outer annular face section is substantially planar in cross-section and the rim base continues from the outer annular face section at an angle of 90 degrees plus or minus 10 degrees with respect to the substantially planar outer annular face section, characterized in that the center hub section has a substantially planar cross-section, the substantially planar cross-section of the center hub section and the substantially planar cross-section of the outer annular face section being substantially parallel to each other, and alternatively: - the center hub section has a substantially planar cross-section that lies on a center line drawn vertically through a cross-section of the wheel, the center line being drawn equidistantly spaced between the first and second annular edges; or - the center hub section being offset either outwardly along said longitudinal axis towards the outer annular face section or inwardly along said longitudinal axis towards the back flange from a center line drawn vertically through a cross-section of the wheel, the center line being drawn equidistantly spaced between the first and second annular edges. - the center hub section has a substantially planar cross-section that lies on a center line drawn vertically through a cross-section of the wheel, the center line being drawn equidistantly spaced between the first and second annular edges; or - the center hub section being offset either outwardly along said longitudinal axis towards the outer annular face section or inwardly along said longitudinal axis towards the back flange from a center line drawn vertically through a cross-section of the wheel, the center line being drawn equidistantly spaced between the first and second annular edges.