Go Back  Bike Forums > Bike Forums > Singlespeed & Fixed Gear
Reload this Page >

Bontrager Select Track Wheel

Search
Notices
Singlespeed & Fixed Gear "I still feel that variable gears are only for people over forty-five. Isn't it better to triumph by the strength of your muscles than by the artifice of a derailer? We are getting soft...As for me, give me a fixed gear!"-- Henri Desgrange (31 January 1865 - 16 August 1940)

Bontrager Select Track Wheel

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old 03-21-05 | 12:37 AM
  #1  
labratmatt's Avatar
Thread Starter
Total Hack
20 Anniversary
 
Joined: Jun 2004
Posts: 790
Likes: 0
From: Blacksburg, VA
The new Lemond Fillmore comes with a Bontrager Select Track rear wheel. This is a fixed gear wheel.

I dig the look of the reduced spoke wheels and Bontrager seems to make quality components.

Anyone own one? Anyone know what they cost and if they can be ordered separately? Seems like a good rear wheel if you're looking for a nice wheelset.

labratmatt is offline  
Reply
Old 03-21-05 | 12:43 AM
  #2  
sloppy robot's Avatar
like, really sloppy
 
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 2,285
Likes: 0
From: calipornia
ive got those wheels on my road bike.. so not the fixed version.. but i love them on the road bike.. im sure they feel the same.. i gotta admit.. im a fan of that lamond bike.. and i really like bontrager parts.. i know.. this doesnt help much.. but oh well.. did you check the bontrager site?
sloppy robot is offline  
Reply
Old 03-21-05 | 12:49 AM
  #3  
sloppy robot's Avatar
like, really sloppy
 
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 2,285
Likes: 0
From: calipornia
i just looked on the bontrager site and they dont have anythign about track stuff.. thats a "track" crank also.. but that could also just mean a bontrager crank with one chainring..
sloppy robot is offline  
Reply
Old 03-21-05 | 12:49 AM
  #4  
labratmatt's Avatar
Thread Starter
Total Hack
20 Anniversary
 
Joined: Jun 2004
Posts: 790
Likes: 0
From: Blacksburg, VA
Originally Posted by sloppy robot
ive got those wheels on my road bike.. so not the fixed version.. but i love them on the road bike.. im sure they feel the same.. i gotta admit.. im a fan of that lamond bike.. and i really like bontrager parts.. i know.. this doesnt help much.. but oh well.. did you check the bontrager site?
Chup. They don't have the track wheel listed.

I don't need a new wheel or anything, just dreaming. Can't afford one now anyway.

I dig Lemonds too. My (geared) road bike is a Lemond and it feels great to me. No complaints.
labratmatt is offline  
Reply
Old 03-21-05 | 12:57 AM
  #5  
baxtefer's Avatar
Cornucopia of Awesomeness
 
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 4,847
Likes: 0
From: not where i used to be
i swear I've seen those wheels on the bontrager site.
they're like $500 for the set or something
baxtefer is offline  
Reply
Old 03-21-05 | 01:03 AM
  #6  
andrew young's Avatar
Senior Member
 
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 505
Likes: 0
From: Minneapolis

Bikes: Trek road bike, schwinn fixed conversion

Originally Posted by baxtefer
i swear I've seen those wheels on the bontrager site.
they're like $500 for the set or something

The track setup is that much? I'm looking for some for a new bike. I just posted a new thread asking the same question, I might check those out.
andrew young is offline  
Reply
Old 03-21-05 | 01:05 AM
  #7  
baxtefer's Avatar
Cornucopia of Awesomeness
 
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 4,847
Likes: 0
From: not where i used to be
dammit i can't find anything about them anymore.
but I swear Bontrager released several track specific wheelsets recently. one of which, i thnk was the race X lights for around $500.
or I could just be making this up.
baxtefer is offline  
Reply
Old 03-21-05 | 01:24 AM
  #8  
deathintransit's Avatar
Senior Member
 
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 432
Likes: 0
From: Minneapolis,MN

Bikes: '97 HooKooEKoo + '75-'85 Fuji Regis fixie conversion.

Those are nice looking.
deathintransit is offline  
Reply
Old 03-21-05 | 02:08 AM
  #9  
andrew young's Avatar
Senior Member
 
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 505
Likes: 0
From: Minneapolis

Bikes: Trek road bike, schwinn fixed conversion

Yes, they are quite nice. Can you get them in tubular forn?
andrew young is offline  
Reply
Old 03-21-05 | 02:44 AM
  #10  
deathintransit's Avatar
Senior Member
 
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 432
Likes: 0
From: Minneapolis,MN

Bikes: '97 HooKooEKoo + '75-'85 Fuji Regis fixie conversion.

They look pretty round to me already. Sheesh.
deathintransit is offline  
Reply
Old 03-21-05 | 03:04 AM
  #11  
andrew young's Avatar
Senior Member
 
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 505
Likes: 0
From: Minneapolis

Bikes: Trek road bike, schwinn fixed conversion

I mean, can you get them as a tubular set? Or maybe I'm asking in the wrong context.
andrew young is offline  
Reply
Old 03-21-05 | 06:43 AM
  #12  
bostontrevor's Avatar
Retrogrouch in Training
 
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 5,484
Likes: 1
From: Knee-deep in the day-to-day
https://www.allterraincycles.co.uk/p....make=BONTRAGER

and they're national champs, too:

https://www.bontrager.com/News/09-03-2003.php

While the first site doesn't list them as tubs or clinchers, the Race X Lite road wheels are listed on the Bontrager site as either clinchers or tubs and I would expect a champion-class wheel has to be available as a tubular.
bostontrevor is offline  
Reply
Old 03-21-05 | 06:57 AM
  #13  
Plow Boy's Avatar
PBR ME ASAP
 
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 213
Likes: 0
From: Hedge Tree Boulevard

Bikes: Mtb,Road,Fixed

When I put my Fillmore together last fall, one of surprising things was how out of true these wheels were out of the box. My guess is that they are machine built but are the exact same wheels as the road select just the rear hub is fixed/free. Since then I have pulled up the tension on the spokes a couple of times to stiffen them up but overall they are good starter set of wheels. Lately, they are collecting dust since I built up a pair of Phil High Flanges with CXP 33's, black on black. I noticed the difference in stiffness right off the bat.
Plow Boy is offline  
Reply
Old 03-21-05 | 08:30 AM
  #14  
Kiecker's Avatar
Senior Member
 
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 533
Likes: 0
From: Redondo Beach

Bikes: '05 Lemond Fillmore, '05 Surly 1x1, '04 Fuji Track Pro, '02 Specialized Stumpjumper, '92 GT Tequesta

I have one. This is my first road bike so I left it as a single for the first 200 or so miles. This past weekend I just flipped it to fixed. Fun ride. I'm a bit surprised though, it sounds like my hub bearings have already gone bad....they make more noise and it gets a bit annoying.
Kiecker is offline  
Reply
Old 03-21-05 | 08:50 AM
  #15  
flythebike's Avatar
Wher'd u Get That Jacket?
 
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 1,317
Likes: 0
From: Somewhere in the Tubes

Bikes: Calfee Dragonfly, Lemond Poprad, Airborne Manhatten Project, Calfee Luna Fixie

Have a set of road wheels on my Poprad that are Selects. Nothing worth drooling over. Will need some TLC at first as noted above, but then seems fine. Just a good normal set of wheels, fine for everday use but not real fast. I just use them for training and for pit wheels. No complaints.
flythebike is offline  
Reply

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off



Contact Us - Archive - Advertising - Cookie Policy - Privacy Statement - Terms of Service -

Copyright © 2026 MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. All rights reserved. Use of this site indicates your consent to the Terms of Use.