I'm pretty sure they do actually sell this rim on it's own - but it's marketed as the one above. I'm fairly certain the only difference between the line elite and the line pro carbon wheelsets is the hubs and spokes. Perhaps that's not something that Bontrager wants us to know? I might be wrong.
I also took one look at Bontrager's crash/warranty/damage program and instead of picking up the Lines, I went for the 30mm internal Kovees at substantially less weight. They've held up a year so far (mostly on a trail hardtail) without even needing any spoke tension or anything (carbon wheels, duh) - after many a cased jump and feature. I also went up to the Kovee pro model with the nicer hubs, because bling matters (even though they're still Bontrager). This is my second set of Bonty carbon wheels, all with the nicer hub designs. Once you drop the extra pawls in to bring em' up to the 108 PoE over the 54 they start with, it seems to help spread the forces out enough that they've been extremely reliable for me over several years of use between the couple sets. Funnily enough, I've irreparably grenaded more DT Swiss fancy freehub/hub interfaces over the years than bontrager ones, to the point that I'd take high end DT swiss stuff off a bike if it came with it - and dodging the Kovee XXX if I were so inclined to spend that much. Give me the nice bontragers over the 240s any day!
Sidenote: it probably helps that I consider the Trek warranty department an absolute joy to deal with, both for my rare issue and for customers. This is unlike some other companies/distributor that are like pulling teeth. The only warranty wheel issue that I've had personally with Bontrager is when \[Shipping Company Redacted\] very clearly drove the truck over my Kovees and delivered them anyway. Trek rushed up another set and I was on my way.
Credit where credit's due though - Since we're talking carbon wheels, We Are One's "warranty department" locally is also insanely good. Some customers have come back to me and said that they've been helped out with a fresh rim and build on the very same day they destroyed their old one.
I ended up building my Aurum HSP with vibrocore rims this summer after trashing the standard alloy ones. I was mighty tempted to throw on a set of the cheapest carbon hoops (at least on the back, if you can handle mismatched rims!) I could just to avoid the near daily spoke tensioning sessions (fat boy corner hard? spokes loose daily). Vibrocore seems to be doing a wonderful job so far at a similar kind of dampening. If you don't care as much about weight, I'd seriously keep these guys in the mix too for that sort of issue. I've even taken a couple hard rim hits to the back and they don't show it. I'm looking forward to seeing how they hold up over an entire park season this summer.
Feb. 8, 2021, 8:58 a.m. - Lu Kz
I'm pretty sure they do actually sell this rim on it's own - but it's marketed as the one above. I'm fairly certain the only difference between the line elite and the line pro carbon wheelsets is the hubs and spokes. Perhaps that's not something that Bontrager wants us to know? I might be wrong. I also took one look at Bontrager's crash/warranty/damage program and instead of picking up the Lines, I went for the 30mm internal Kovees at substantially less weight. They've held up a year so far (mostly on a trail hardtail) without even needing any spoke tension or anything (carbon wheels, duh) - after many a cased jump and feature. I also went up to the Kovee pro model with the nicer hubs, because bling matters (even though they're still Bontrager). This is my second set of Bonty carbon wheels, all with the nicer hub designs. Once you drop the extra pawls in to bring em' up to the 108 PoE over the 54 they start with, it seems to help spread the forces out enough that they've been extremely reliable for me over several years of use between the couple sets. Funnily enough, I've irreparably grenaded more DT Swiss fancy freehub/hub interfaces over the years than bontrager ones, to the point that I'd take high end DT swiss stuff off a bike if it came with it - and dodging the Kovee XXX if I were so inclined to spend that much. Give me the nice bontragers over the 240s any day! Sidenote: it probably helps that I consider the Trek warranty department an absolute joy to deal with, both for my rare issue and for customers. This is unlike some other companies/distributor that are like pulling teeth. The only warranty wheel issue that I've had personally with Bontrager is when \[Shipping Company Redacted\] very clearly drove the truck over my Kovees and delivered them anyway. Trek rushed up another set and I was on my way. Credit where credit's due though - Since we're talking carbon wheels, We Are One's "warranty department" locally is also insanely good. Some customers have come back to me and said that they've been helped out with a fresh rim and build on the very same day they destroyed their old one. I ended up building my Aurum HSP with vibrocore rims this summer after trashing the standard alloy ones. I was mighty tempted to throw on a set of the cheapest carbon hoops (at least on the back, if you can handle mismatched rims!) I could just to avoid the near daily spoke tensioning sessions (fat boy corner hard? spokes loose daily). Vibrocore seems to be doing a wonderful job so far at a similar kind of dampening. If you don't care as much about weight, I'd seriously keep these guys in the mix too for that sort of issue. I've even taken a couple hard rim hits to the back and they don't show it. I'm looking forward to seeing how they hold up over an entire park season this summer.