Summer is coming, so I'd like to find a 150/197 29er wheel set for my fat bike.

Problem is, I can't seem to find any.

I'm 100% sure I've seen them before.

Suggestions?

Is that axle width?

That seems like something you’d have made. Years ago when fat bikes were more popular they might have been off-the-shelf.

You could try mikesee: https://lacemine29.com/
see here https://bigwheeldeals.blogspot.com/2024/03/29-conversion-wheels-for-your-fatbike.html?m=1

yup!
150x15 front 197x12 rear

You will need them built custom. Most uff the shelf 29er stuff online is going to be boost or super boost width.

Contact this guy.

https://speedgearbike.com/

Very few producers left. DT Swiss hubs and custom build from there

Bike direct sometimes has a few different sets for sale. The last time I checked they had traditional fat tire width as well as narrow rims in 29er size.

Thanks, but BD is rock bottom quality.

I can't bring myself to purchase from them

I disliked BD when I was still managing bike shops, but I changed my tune after I got a real job and had to pay retail.

I eventually bought two BD bikes, one a 10-speed-Ultegra-equipped aluminum high-end Fuji rebadged as a Motobecane and the other a carbon flat-bar bike with 10-speed 105. No complaints about either bike.

I also bought a 1" carbon road fork with an aluminum steerer when such forks were almost impossible to find at a reasonable price. That's been fine, too.

The main hits against BD seem to be that they make outrageous claims about their sale prices versus a fictitious original retail price (true, but I don't care, since what I paid was about the same as I paid wholesale with my employee discount when I ran bike stores), that the frames of their higher-end bikes represent non-cutting-edge, previous-generation tech (true, but so what?), and that they often mix off-brand components with name brand components (true, but so do the major bike companies with their own mysterious house-brand parts).

Well, their wheelset has "Novatech" hubs and that' not gonna fly.

And the only bike I purchased from them broke a frame near a garbage weld.

so... no.

I had an E-MTB with Novatech hubs and they put up with a lot of punishment. Sold the bike to a friend and they're still going strong

yeah.... no.

Yeah..... no as in MarcusT 's experience is wrong? Or Yeah...... no as in you know all of Novatecs line up and know their stuff is all bad because you have seen it personally on a lot of bikes and have seen those people with issues after being set up properly? Novatec makes a lot of hubs and while not a White Industries or Industry Nine or Hope they have some solid hubs that work just fine. I had a very nice bike maybe similar to MarcusT and it had a Novatec hub at the front and had zero issues with it, it only got replaced because the fork was replaced and had a boost spacing so I built up a boost spaced wheel with a Project 321 Hub because it was during the Pandemic and that is what they had (I wanted White Industries). I ended up selling the wheel and they are using it just fine. People love to hate on stuff because someone told them to and no real reason why. Loads of bikes use rebranded Formula or Novatec hubs and some are crap like some Shimano stuff is crap but some are perfectly fine and serviceable and some are better than that.

Me experience with Novatech have been less than stellar.

So... no

"This one time, (inhales), at band camp...."

no

What Novatech hub or has it been multiples? What year? Was the hub ever serviced? What did Novatec say when you had an issue? ...So many things that could have lead to an issue and if it was multiples I could say OK maybe so but if one or two hubs old ones maybe poorly maintained it is tough to really go after Novatec?

Again I am not saying Novatec is the best thing ever but they are not totally just low quality junk.

If one remembers, there was a Shimano XT hub that was well known to break after a very short use. Does that make all XT hubs bad?
Just sayin'

I once had a bad Shimano hub. No more Shimano for me.

If you don't like the Novatech hubs that BD sells check out Fyxation.com, they sell fat bike compatible narrow rim wheelsets with either Hope hubs or their own. I don't know who makes the Fyxation hubs but it could be Novatech as they make many private brand label hubs.
I owned a Bikes Direct fat bike with Novatech hubs, i rode the hell out of that bike for 3 years , very hard use in muddy conditions and had no issues with the hubs. I sold it but the guy that owns it now hasn't had any trouble with them either.. not bad for a 2016 bike.

Already have a solution

None of that Bikes Direct trash in my fleet.

If you're still looking....
I've been using https://www.prowheelbuilder.com/ for some of my custom builds the past few years. They built up a nice set for my Bearclaw Frank using Hope Pro4 Fatsno 150 on the front and 197 on the rear. Laced them to Velocity Dually rims and they've been bullet proof for loaded camping as well as jibby trail rides. These are a great second set of wheels to replace the snow setup for the warmer season.

Agreed
very little options for those wheels
i have been looking for months with no success
I was hoping to get some use of the fat bike in the summer, going down in size (width)to make the bike more nimble was the idea… didn’t think it would be this hard to get summer wheels

good luck