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Jonathan
a Recreational RiderDate Reviewed: December 10, 2011
Strengths: Look good and came with a very nice bike attached.Weaknesses: Last less than 3k miles when ridden carefully on good pavement by a 190 lb rider.Bottom Line: The Bontrager Race wheelset came as stock on the two Madones that I bought for my wife and myself. My wife has less than 1K miles on hers, mines has just over 2600 miles and I just noticed that every drive side eyelet is cracking. This is obviously mad materials, or perhaps bad craftsmanship. My guess is that they sourced much too soft of an aluminum alloy for this application. I'm just barely into my second rear tire!
Favorite Ride: Trek Madone 5.0
Price Paid:
$1800.00
Purchased At: Livermore Cyclery
Similar Products Used: Trek Matrix rims that came as stock on my Trek 1500. They were the only rims I've ever worn out (softened to the point that they stopped holding the tire bead), and they were at least 15 years old and probably had close to 100K miles on them.
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Darby Roach
a Recreational RiderDate Reviewed: August 26, 2011
Strengths: Light, fast, trueWeaknesses: Rims tend to crack.Bottom Line: These wheels came new on my 2005 Lemond Chambrey. After about a year, the back wheel developed cracks, so I took it back to Greggs. The mechanic took one look and told me these wheels were crap and that they only lasted about one year before they fell apart. Gregg's sold me a new wheel for $250. Later, I discovered that Trek guaranteed these wheels for 5 years! The mechanic failed to mention this and when I brought it to the LBS's attention, they just told me tough luck. I even talked to Trek, and they blew me off too. Very disappointing service from my bike shop and from Trek.
Favorite Ride: Lake Washington Loop
Purchased At: Gregg's Green Lake C
Similar Products Used: Ultegra/Mavic Open Pro
Bike Setup: Stock Lemond Chambery (except for the rear wheel!)
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David
a Recreational RiderDate Reviewed: May 19, 2011
Strengths: Spin well, good road feel, stiff, easy to maintain speed once up and rolling. Fantastic performance to price.Weaknesses: A bit heavy perhaps but not really noticable unless you're racing in a sprint.Bottom Line: Very impressed with these wheels. They are the 2011 version and came with my new Madone 5.2. I was tempted to order some after market wheels at the same time as the bike as I wasn't expecting great performance but LBS convinced me to try the stock wheels first. I am very pleased that I did. They ride great! I have a pair of Dura ace 7800 Scandium wheels and the Bontrager compares well. Not bad considering they are much less expensive. I am 85kg and reasonably strong (weekend races from time to time). Only had three months but very pleased. Oh, and the Bontrager tyres are good as well.
Favorite Ride: Old Federal Highway
Price Paid:
$400.00
Purchased At: The Ride Shop
Similar Products Used: Dura Ace 7800; Easton Circuit
Bike Setup: Treak Madone 5.2 standard build; ultegra running gear.
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Robert Emmons
a Recreational RiderDate Reviewed: November 4, 2010
Strengths: Trek customer service is fantastic, they stand behind their product and seem to care about customers.Weaknesses: Weak and looks cheap compared with the replacement Race X lite wheelBottom Line: The Bontrager Race wheelset came standard on my 2007 Lemond Zurich. After a couple years of recreational riding I had problems with them staying true. After a recent tune up at my LBS the rear went out of true to soon, inspection showed small cracks around each spoke. Trek upgraded me with a Bontrager Race X lite free of charge. Note, I'm no Clydesdale and my riding sytle is not aggressive or very stressfull.
Favorite Ride: Indiana "Hilly Hundred"
Purchased At: LBS
Bike Setup: 2007 Lemond Zurich full Shimano ultegra
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Brent Curtis
a Recreational RiderDate Reviewed: October 25, 2010
Strengths: Stayed very true and easy spinning for four years under a big, hard rider. Nice bladed spokes and they look good too.Weaknesses: Rear rim cracked around drive-side spoke, making truing impossible. BUT Trek stepped up and really did the right thing. They doubled the warranty time and sent me a free replacement wheel. Good customer service is sadly not common these days.Bottom Line: These wheels came with my Leader frame with full Ultegra build kit. I am a big guy- 6'4" and 205 lbs. I rode these for four years with no problems. I put in 4k miles per year at least and I think I only had to do very minor truing adjustments maybe twice. A couple of quarter turns on a few spokes in a Park truing stand and they were good go go. They spin very well and stay true. They are on the heavy side but were a real bargain.
A couple of weeks ago my rear wheel went out of true. When I went to true it up I noticed a number of cracks in the rim radiating out from a drive side spoke. That makes it not truable. I took it to the local Trek Store to see if there was anything they could do. I had not purchased the bike there and the wheels were way beyond their two year warranty. I did have my original receipt though and they said that the warranty was extended because of the rim cracking problem. They sent me a free replacement wheel and I am back in business. The new wheel does not have the old paired spoke design. It is 24-spoke, evenly spaced with 2-cross on each side. I have just a few hundred miles on the new one but it rides great.
LESSON: SAVE ALL YOUR EQUIPMENT RECEIPTS IN A FILE. THAT LITTLE PIECE OF PAPER SAVED ME A COUPLE HUNDRED BUCKS!
Favorite Ride: Climbing Mt. Ventoux
Similar Products Used: Mavic Aksium and Ksyrium wheels. (I probably spelled both those wrong. Just make sure you pronounce it Mah-veek like the Frenchies do!)
Bike Setup: Leader frame (private label frame made by Fuji I think). Aluminum with carbon seat stays, fork and seat post. Full Ultegra 30-speed build kit, Deda bars and stem and Brooks Team Pro saddle (Heavy but still the best for long miles.)
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