Bontrager SSR Wheels ?????

Got a pair of these on my recently acquired virtually new 2nd hand road bike, are they any good, they look nice but are they really up to carrying me and kit (16 stone) ?
Any advice would be sweet,
Thanks :roll:
Any advice would be sweet,
Thanks :roll:
'We go up we go down, this is bull sh*t yar'
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Wheels: tough but not light
The Trek's Bontrager SSR wheels provide a decent performance for a £600 bike. With only 20 plain gauge spokes up front and 24 at the rear, and with no eyelets at the spoke holes, we weren't expecting them to stand up to much abuse... but in use they don't flex excessively and they've stayed impressively true throughout testing. The hubs have kept the rain out well on wet rides and the cup and cone bearings are still running smoothly after minimal fettling. All good!
At a shade over three kilos the pair, the SSRs are a reasonable weight for a bike at this price, but we would still advise upgrading to a lighter set in the long run. In the meantime we'd swap the Bontrager Select 25mm tyres for a narrower 23mm set as a quick way of adding extra zip.
Hi mate, i've got these on my new Trek 1.5 2009 model and haven't had any problems in the last 2 weeks of owning it. (fingers crossed)
I've hit loads of potholes and i'm 18 stone :oops:
http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd35 ... G_3654.jpg
My Mountain Bike
http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd35 ... G_2642.jpg
Also moving from Bontrager Select 25mm tyres for a narrower 23mm, does it really make a difference in speed?
they are pretty to look at
but also pretty weighty to pick up!
they flex on climbs - although I do confess they did the C2C route with luggage on some pretty off-road sections and they didn't go out of true at all.
I changed them for a set of Shimano R561s which were quite a noticable upgrade in terms of weight (loss) and stiffness (increase)
i will shortly be upgrading to Shimano RS10s
Simples
Or are you looking for the forum contributors to justify some money spending at the LBS?!!
I'd expect them to be indestructible at that weight :?
Summer beast; http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr34 ... uff015.jpg
just to let you know i upgraded to the very VERY nice looking bontrager race lite wheels and it took a few months to completely write off the rear wheel. they cant really be trued once past a certain point because of the low spoke count.
if you're looking to upgrade look at mavics, nice wheels and can be trued and repaired when needed.
i'm going campag on my next bike anyway, so campag wheels here i come....
I'm just over 100kg and have done about 2000 miles since August - and mine are still perfect. Something lighter and stiffer would be nice but they've been absolutely fine.
Not the fastest but do the job.
Going to upgrade mine soon though
You've been watching that Compare the Meerkat advert, haven't you?!
Homer Simpson: “I wish. We were bicycling to a lake.”
Specialized Rockhopper Pro Disc 08
Completely agree. I'm thinking of having mine sprayed, white with green spokes and vice versa for rear
Yup, same story. I'm 10 stone and I've broken three spokes (one front, two rear) in six months on these wheels. They flex like mad, especially noticeable when you have crud road racers on. And they're heavy.
On the plus side, they do look quite nice.