I anm thinking of buying a new set of disk wheels for my Quake and am interested in the Bonty disc compatible wheel sets as they seem relatively good value.

Has anyone out there tried them?
What are the pro's and cons?

If I wanted a wheelset, I would spend my cash on Wheelpros course to teach you how to build your own wheels. It's like £60 for a day or something, and Roger will show you how to build and true wheels like a god.

Alternatively, I can sell you a set of light on-one reetard rims on planet x disc hubs, handbuilt by trigger in Doncaster for £125.

I have Bontragers on my Trek. The bike is 3 years old and has been ridden hard. The rear needs re-truing as it is a bit wonky. The front is radially spoked, and contrary to all the tosh I have heard, is fine.

Cheers guys.

Brant, it won't be for a month or so yet (the bank account needs to recover from xmas) but I may well be in touch soon.

What colours can you do them in?

Make sure that spares are available for any wheelset that you get. I bitterly regret buying my pimpy Mavic Crossmax Disks after having to wait 3 months for spokes. I also cannot get a front rim to match the rear so the whole thing now looks a little odd.

Brant's suggestion is damn good - learn to build your own, and then build them with nice quality easily available kit.

Hope Bulb or XC hubs, DT spokes and Mavic rims - sorted.

OK, I can buy the hubs, rims etc, but where can I get spokes from cheaply?

Should I be able to get them from my LBS (that'll be Rouke's cycles in Stoke) or can I buy them cheaper over the net?

I've asked for a copy of Jobst Brandt's (sp?) book for the last 2 Christmases & birthdays but no one has obliged yet. The only thing I think I really need to know is how to calculate the spoke length.

Yeah agree with Messiah. Good to get something simple that can be fixed easily. Preferably by you.

I had a pair of Dolomites (not disk). Great looking wheels & really light so acclerate well - very nice to ride.

But they did seem a bit delicate. The fact that you don't have many spokes can be a bit of a problem: if one snaps then the wheel will probably be put too far out of true for you to carry on riding. Also, when truing the wheel, the higher spoke tension that is required (than for normal 32-hole rims), increases the risk of a nipple cracking the eyelet and pulling through the rim. This happened to me (thanks Bike Park) and so the wheel had to be retired from service before the end of its natural life.

For a spoke length calculator find the DTswiss website and get the lengths from there.

For super-lite wheels use DT revolution spokes - I have a an old wheel set with these spokes that I built about 7 years ago - still going strong on the GF's bike even after I raced on them for 2 years.

Cheers guys.

Think I'll buy the book myself (late xmas pressie) and get building.

I don't think I'll get time off for a wheel building course - it's bad enough trying to get time for a ride at the mo'.

The book is rather dry but the information required to build wheels is in there.

It's also handy to have a built wheel kicking around to look at.

I love building wheels - very theraputic (spelling?)

I've been truing them for years with no problems so think now may be a good time to give it a go.

It can't be that much harder than truing.

Anyone know where I can buy a bontrager race lite rim? (not disc).
A stick in the spokes broke my existing - surprised that it broke so easily.

It's cos they're under such huge tension. The same thing happened to me a couple of times.

So I decided to get proper wheels ;-)