I was thinking about reusing most of these spokes. What do you think? I can take them out myself and rebuild onto the new rim, then take it for truing up. I'd replace the bent ones of course.
Replacing the rim was my first choice, then I was told it's more cost effective to buy a new wheel, then Je James couldn't get me wheel and Trek told me they can't either AND won't be getting any replacement wheels in the future. I never knew it was such a pain to replace a wheel. lol.
However...
According the the website spec it's this:
And here's the hub. I bent the rim coming up short on a gap.
I'm currently having a look to see what the carbon prices are for something that fits but I'm struggling to find anything. Would you mind showing me some options?
Anything up to £170 would be nice but if it has to be £300 due to low stock I'll have to just go for it as I need to be back on that bike like yesterday.
Can someone advise what rear wheel to buy for my rail 5? I think this is the wheel I need but don't fancy waiting a year for it:
"Alex MD35, tubeless compatible, 32-hole, 35 mm width, Presta valve"
I'm struggling to find wheels that wide so if anyone could send me a link or what wheel to...
Well from just looking at it when I bounced up and down I could tell it would be an absolute mile away on full compression. It was so obvious that if some volume spacers hadn't turned up today I wouldn't have bothered letting the air out.
This is how it looked with no air in and after I sat on...
I've just put the 2 photos together and the 2022 Rail 5 gap between seat post and the lateral join you mentioned looks a lot further away compared to a 2021 Rail 7.
What does your ruler say? Could you take a photo like this?
I presume you mean this part of the frame? If so it's an absolute mile away on mine. Is the frame section there completely different to yours? Could you take a pic further away for us....like this?
Thanks. Hopefully it will never touch with my 62.5. To be honest I think it's a mile away on my bike in the low position but the frame does look the same as yours. Is yours an large too?
Only as far as the photo above mate. On my 2022 Rail 5 really can't see where it would hit. Have you got a photo or video you could show me? I'd love to see where you mean.
So, I bought a 230, 62.5:
Had to take it to he local bike shop to remove these bearings...it was a real pain even for the bike shop as they didn't have the fox tool, but they persevered and did a great job:
Here's how to do it.
The I swapped over the hardware:
This is the...
When a top company doesn't know what they are talking about it's a bit worrying. As hoped, I got all the info I needed from this thread thanks to Viserys. Resuts coming up....
This is the reply I got:
"Unfortunately, we do not believe the Fox Float X2 will fit that frame. We have had one in the workshop and the air can doesn’t quite fit and clear the charge port on the seat tube
Many thanks"
So whilst they didn't try to sell me something else they didn't offer a...
More research done so I can answer my own questions to help others...TF told me the x2 wont even fit today. I begged to differ:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=trek+rail+fox+x2
That's the 57.5 version. I've ordered a 62.5 and will see if it fits. Looks like the du bushes are only...
Ok, after more research it seems that when these companies advertise these products some state that the shock is a trunnion and show a standard fitting in the photo, so you don't know what you are getting unless you call them. Anyway, will I have issues if I fit a 62.5?