No, RC don't do 125mm wheels with the inserts, but it can't bee to difficult to put them in myself? And anyway, as Josh said, I can make my own if need be. I have all the time in the world though (it's taken me long enough to decide what parts I'm having), so the wait shouldn't be a problem.
If I'm right, the reason RC don't do the 125mm blue/red wheels with nut inserts is because the bore of the plain wheel is 15mm, which is too large to get a nut pressed in and 'latched' onto the plastic; most likely the nut would work itself loose and the wheel would come off. When I've bought 125mm wheels from them in the past, they've been a different kind - black, with a 12mm bore, which is more suitable - but the wheel material isn't great, it's quite shiny and hard and doesn't hold up against the blue/red competition wheels.Originally Posted by MudnuK
The best way to get 125mm wheels with nut inserts will be to make them yourself. You could just cut circles of HDPE and melt a nut into the middle, but since HDPE is quite soft, it might not be the sturdiest connection. I've got a strip of steel with the nut welded on the middle, and a couple of bolts at the ends to bolt the wheels on to (similar to the method Josh described) and this seems to work well. Also means you can bolt on different diameters of wheels if you feel you need more speed or torque.
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