trek replacement wheels

polabran

looking for replacement wheelset for a trek 3700. everything I've found so far on ebay and bike part sites is either too expensive or not the right size. Any suggestions besides buying a new bike?

alfablue

How much do you want to spend?

polabran

100 to 200. something that would justify keeping the bike.

alfablue

Merlin sell Mavic Crossrides for about £129, or from a similar price you can get handbuilt XC717 rims and Deore hubs, or for about £150 XT hubs. Excellent wheels.

Joe_Pineapples

I second that emotion.

I wouldn't go anywhere else than Merlin.
I've had 2 sets of custom builds from them, both super-fast, both super-affordable.
Got my current Mavic EN521 rims and XT hubs for £135 then sold the skewers on ebay for £20!

alfablue

Do you have disc brakes? If not, Crossrides wont do, but you could get v-brake rims on disc hubs with the custom builds so they would be good if you changed your bike later (and would be of a quality better than on most £1000 bikes).

Link to Crossrides

Link to custom wheels (non disc)

Link to custom wheels disc

M6TTF

You can buy non disc crossrides too

alfablue

Ah! 8)

Shaggy_Dog

A trek 3700's not really worth upgrading. However if you do buy some nice wheels, get some with disc ready hubs but v-brake ready rims so you can transfer them to a nicer bike down the line. I'd agree with alfablue, get some xt hubs and mavic xc717 rims. Either go through Merlin or your local bike shop. The quality of a wheel is largly down to who's built it and what spokes they've used. We exclusively use Sapim spokes rather than the cheaper DT swiss (which are still pretty good) as they don't tend to twist while being built, resulting in a lower maintenance wheel.

polabran

thanks all!

supersonic

Your 3700, if recent, uses a 7 speed cassette - so on the new wheels you may need to use a spacer if the freehub doesn't already utilize one.

It is not a bike I would upgrade to that extent - if I did, the forks would make far more sense.