where to buy cheap 26" commuter wheels?
 

I'm having a little trouble finding cheap 26" disc compatible wheels for my MTB commuter.

I currently have two sets of tires, 1.25 slicks and ~1.95 knobbies. I may get some studded tires as well but they would be no wider than 2.0.

My current stock wheels are X-RIMS (Alex brand) ERTRO 559-20 and not disc compatible. I'm planning to put at least a front disc brake on (Avid BB7 seems to be the best value point), so I need a least a new front wheel.

Online vendors seem to carry very few 26" wheels at lower price points, and generally the available 26" wheels are wider rims (25mm or 28mm) and made for mountain biking. Actually it seems difficult to even get specs on rim widths for 26" wheels on a lot of websites.

Any suggestions? I'm not heavy (140lbs) and I don't really bomb around.

Nashbar? I got some Vuelta Zerolite rim brake wheels for under $100 for the set. Not sure if they offer something similar for disc.

http://www.nashbar.com/bikes/Product...7#ReviewHeader

Might try REI or Performance.

http://www.rei.com/product/813585/ma...sc-front-wheel

http://www.rei.com/product/813585/ma...sc-front-wheel

Thanks. Looking around more it seems Niagara has lots of options, although not that much info on them and they seem quite generic

http://www.niagaracycle.com/index.php?cPath=404_135_197

Nashbar has a $30 front disc MTB wheel (just went up $5, used to be $25) but not much info on the width.

I think I'm going to go with a standard wider MTB rim wheelset that is disc + rim brake compatible since the point of using the 26" MTB is for worst weather conditions anyway. I found a Deore/Sun Rhyno Lite set on jenson for <$100

My 1.95 tires probably shouldn't be on my 20mm rims to begin with (even though that was the stock setup). This way I can switch out my existing front wheel as either a 1.25 using rim brakes, or the fatter tire with disc brakes once I fit those. The rear I'll just keep as is, and change the tire as I need to. The current rear wheel has a freewheel so the drivetrain is probably not compatible with any new rear wheel I buy. The new rear wheel I can keep around until I feel like upgrading more (new cassette, and possibly rear disc brake).

I've found some good deals at http://www.bicyclewheelwarehouse.com/

Have you tried Amazon?

I am in College Park, I have two 26" wheels if you want them. Free.99. PM if you want them.

Oops. You wanted Disc compatible.... have no clue what that means. and the wheels probably aren't... but you're welcome to have em anyway