michaelyons

I recently bought an overstocked 2003 trek 5200. Before I rode it out the store, I changed the race lites to what I thought were race x lite aero's. After a few weeks I put on a new seat and post and went to the bike shop to weigh it and it said 19.5. Someone said "man that's kind of heavy for a postal". He had one two years older that weighed 18 stock. Then the owner said that they were select aero's and not race lite aero's and that's why the bike was hevier. I'll provide two links, one to the race x lite aeros and one to the select aero's. They look like the same wheel to me, but I cant find any information about them. How can I tell them apart?

https://www.bontrager.com/roadwheels/...p?id=119&pt=10 race x lite aero

https://www2.trekbikes.com/Bikes/Road...ox_7/index.php select aero

If you look at equinox 7, 9, and 11 they all have aero wheels select, race, and race x lites, but they all look exactly the same.

If anybody has insight I would appreciate it.

mike

dtufts

the x-lite aero that you thought you were getting weigh about the same as the stock race lites that you were replacing. So a swap like that won't make the bike any lighter or hearvier.

I've never heard of the select aero before.

hi565

Wait you posted those links and didnt notice that select wheels have GRAY labels, and the race lite aeros have RED LABELS .

hi565

Oops, I didnt looka the other Trek tri bikes. But the label is red on the Bonty website.

michaelyons

[QUOTE=dtufts]the x-lite aero that you thought you were getting weigh about the same as the stock race lites that you were replacing. So a swap like that won't make the bike any lighter or hearvier.

Thats what I gathered by the weights on the bontrager website, unfortutately I didn't weigh the bike before I swapped the wheels


mike

michaelyons

ok the lable on the x lites aero's are red on the bontrager site, but they are all silver on the trek site**********?? I dont get it.

hi565

Thats what i was saying.