Bontrager Select

Price Paid:  $2300.00 at Bicycle Express

Favorite Ride:
everywhere

Bike Setup:
Standard Trek 1500 year Model year 2003

Summary:
I road a pair of these from new for 42000 km until I sold the bike. This was over a 4 year period and I only broke one spoke which was caused by snapping a branch off in the rear wheel flicked up from road. I am around 82 kg. Great Product and they look good.

Strengths:
Look Good,
Handled anything I threw at them including a couple of at speed incidents in the Peleton

Weaknesses:
None that I know off.

Similar Products Used:
Fulcrum Racing 7

Price Paid:  $0.00 at bike barn

Favorite Ride:
sea side

Summary:
these are pritty good wheels for stock and for starting out but bying another pair and useing these as spairs would be a good idea.

Strengths:
look good
light
paired spokes
good stock wheel

Weaknesses:
hubs creek and need tuning

Similar Products Used:
bontreger ssl

Price Paid:  $0.00

Favorite Ride:
Rollyview

Bike Setup:
Lemond Tourmalet w/Reynolds DV46UL tubulars

Summary:
These rims came stock on my bike. I use them for training and off season rolling. They have about 6000km on them and have no cracks. They are an OK rim -not very resopnsive, but good for training or communting I suppose. Bombproof in my experience. I wouldn't and don't race with them.

Strengths:
Sturdy, bombproof actually. Railroads, potholes no problem. They are still true, but the rear wheel has gone slightly out of round.

Weaknesses:
Unforgiving on rough chip seal pavement compared to a carbon rim. Due to their weight, they are not very responsive, certainly not for use on any serious hills, and they really aren't aerodynamic.

Price Paid:  $0.00 at LBS

Favorite Ride:
Club Tuesday night hammerfest

Bike Setup:
Trek 1500 with brand new Neuvation M28 Aero3's.
Shimano 9 speed 105 drive train with cassette and chain upgraded to DuraAce.
Speedplay Zeros

Summary:
These Wheels came on my Trek 1500. After 1 year and about 3000 miles the rear rim has developed cracks around several spoke holes. If you are a large and/or powerful rider these wheels are a bad idea.

Strengths:
Look cool

Weaknesses:
Paired spokes require too high tension and leave too much unsupported rim between the spoke pairs.

Similar Products Used:
Neuvation M28 Aeros

Price Paid:  $0.00 at The Bike Works

Favorite Ride:
Anywhere with a decent road surface

Bike Setup:
2007 Trek 1400, 105 components

Summary:
Bontrager Selects came with my 2007 Trek 1400. The front is still working okay after 7500 miles although the hub is starting to suffer. I had to replace the rear after 3000 miles - spokes had snapped several times and the hub had reached the end of its life. Braking surface on the rims was also in bad shape. I'm quite a heavy rider (85kg) and I do use the bike pretty hard (150+ miles per week with Scottish weather and roads). I definitely needed something tougher.

Strengths:
Looks, cheap.

Weaknesses:
Durability.

Similar Products Used:
Mavic Open Pro/Shimano 105 rear - much tougher - great for heavier rider.