Am I nuts for wanting to put Crossmax XL R wheels on my KSL Comp? I weigh 104kg, bike+cargo weighs 21kg at most, and Mavic rates the wheels at 150kg and ASTM cat. 4 (trail/enduro use). And yet they’re only 24 spoke front and rear. I ride mostly primitive trails and I can hang on to my OEM boat...
It's a sad day, but I'm canceling my Fuel EXe order for 3 reasons:
1) Maybe forums attract the most disgruntled users (selection bias) but based on accounts in this thread and elsewhere it sure seems like Trek is having an issue keeping these bikes running. Trek, if you're reading this, I'm...
Phew, it’s a relief to hear your experience, as I’m roughly your weight and just looking not to get cooked on the climbs, as you say - I’m fine putting in a lot of effort, I just want to save some time on the grindiest (word?) parts of the gravel road climbs. I live in the mountains and I didn’t...
I’ve seen the Mulsanne and Hex Blue in person (different models admittedly). The Mulsanne looks really nice and I was tempted to go that route, but the 9.8XT wasn’t for me and I wasn’t about to pay $500 for a bicycle paint job to upgrade on the 9.7. The Hex Blue looks extremely cheap, toy-ish by...
As someone with a 9.7 on order in the US northwest (ETA December), I just read through this thread and found it to be helpful context. Hopefully Trek handles post-sales support well in the end.
My order began as a 9.5 until I saw that Hex Blue in person on another bike, yikes...no offense to...