Is my Trek Rail frame damaged?

Seraye

Member
Sep 8, 2020
66
48
Portland
Hello,
Today I was doing some routine maintenance on my Rail 9.7 and discovered the lower IS headset cup appears to be damaged?
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My headset felt smooth and I regularly checked it for play, so this was nothing that I felt. Of course, I am reaching out to my LBS for assessment, but would be interested in hearing if anyone else has experienced this type of damage - or is this normal?
 

Plummet

Flash Git
Mar 16, 2023
1,152
1,635
New Zealand
Is it carbon? To me it looks like I'm looking ar the internal wall of a carbon head tube. If so, if there is no slop, that is standard. It's just the internal layup.
 

wenna

Member
Aug 1, 2023
209
143
Sweden
A bearing race for integrated headset looking like that would have me concerned. I would contact Trek.
 

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