Fuel EXe Trek Fuel EXe Megathread!

[EnduroIntern]

What rise bars are people running? Thinking of going higher than my current 20mm ones.

Just went with 35 rise one up carbon bar.
Really like it. And feels better at cornering and over chunk.
But it is most likely placebo

 

[xcel]

FML installed new rear shock, fastened one side of the upper bolts with 17nm as per manual, did the other side - head of the bolt sheared straight off without the torque wrench getting close to 17nm.

 

[JayX2A]

Thanks for that I think mine is very similar type of noise but mine will not creak unless I pedal very hard. I will get it out again tomorrow and thoroughly go through it to see if I can make it creak like yours.

Did you give it a go? I didn’t have time to do any greasing before riding today so still creaky.

Annoyingly my front tyre lost a load of air but still managed to limp home with what it kept inside!

Will get on to the creak this week to try track it down.

 

[JayX2A]

Just went with 35 rise one up carbon bar.
Really like it. And feels better at cornering and over chunk.
But it is most likely placebo

I’m an idiot. I have some 35mm rise oneups on the bike I’m selling so swapped them out to give them a try.

 

[Julie_X1]

Just went with 35 rise one up carbon bar.
Really like it. And feels better at cornering and over chunk.
But it is most likely placebo

Same here. Except mine is the e-carbon bar.

 

[Johannes]

Just went with 35 rise one up carbon bar.
Really like it. And feels better at cornering and over chunk.
But it is most likely placebo

I went with a 38mm rise carbon bar from PNW. Quite happy with that.

 

[JayX2A]

So it’s been a few rides now and loving the bike but few more changes to happen this week. The 20mm rise was not for me on the bars. My 35mm oneups are now on.

Just don’t like these TRP brakes. Swapping them over to the XTs from my old bike. Well my local mechanic is swapping them lol

The Wolfpack tyres I tried were a bit weak. They were ok but sidewalls not great. My mate was selling a set of brand new Maxxis for mates rate so just seated them today. These wheels are a joy to work with. Tyres are pretty easy to get on and seat so been no major swearing lol

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[Fd3chris]

I took mine to a friend's and we stripped the motor out and greased everything while putting it back. I think it was a dry pedal after all of that. Went for a long ride yesterday in Gisburn forest in the UK and not one creak.

 

[wizard604]

Finally got around to taking off the Bont-trasher tires and putting on Assegai & Dhr2s. The thick rim strip on the wheels made it extremely challenging to mount the new tires. Normally you can just position the tire in the center channel and the tire will go on easy. The rim strip is so thick that it doesn't give you much room to play with. I did manage to mount the tires eventually resorting to every trick in the book. But in retrospect I should just have removed the rim strip and replaced with regular rim tape. It would have been a lot less effort

So just a word of advice to everyone. Yank that rim strip and replace with rim tape. Save yourself a lot of frustration

 

[JayX2A]

Finally got around to taking off the Bont-trasher tires and putting on Assegai & Dhr2s. The thick rim strip on the wheels made it extremely challenging to mount the new tires. Normally you can just position the tire in the center channel and the tire will go on easy. The rim strip is so thick that it doesn't give you much room to play with. I did manage to mount the tires eventually resorting to every trick in the book. But in retrospect I should just have removed the rim strip and replaced with regular rim tape. It would have been a lot less effort

So just a word of advice to everyone. Yank that rim strip and replace with rim tape. Save yourself a lot of frustration

I was lucky that I had my old carbon wheels. The DHF/DHR slid straight on. As good as those rim strips are they have previously made me very angry lol

 

[xcel]

@Emailsucks98 Do you happen to know the height of the bottom out bumper in the ttx1 air? Couldn't really find any info on that and haven't opened the shock yet. I'm having about 3-4mm clearance when the shock is fully deflated / compressed. Kinda undecided atm. whether I want to the risk or not.

 

[Emailsucks98]

@Emailsucks98 Do you happen to know the height of the bottom out bumper in the ttx1 air? Couldn't really find any info on that and haven't opened the shock yet. I'm having about 3-4mm clearance when the shock is fully deflated / compressed. Kinda undecided atm. whether I want to the risk or not.

Wow! Interesting. Yeah, that looks a little scary. So when I have changed volume spacers, I didn't see any sort of BO bumper in the air chamber, just the white "top hat" that the volume spacers clip on to.

Could you measure your sock stroke at full compression? I'd be happy to do the same on mine. Ohlins says my shock was rebuilt to 65mm stroke but I've never gotten that much out of it. I have also heard from a reputable source that no 205mm shock actually gets 65mm stroke, it's purely hypothetical.

 

[xcel]

Wow! Interesting. Yeah, that looks a little scary. So when I have changed volume spacers, I didn't see any sort of BO bumper in the air chamber, just the white "top hat" that the volume spacers clip on to.

Could you measure your sock stroke at full compression? I'd be happy to do the same on mine. Ohlins says my shock was rebuilt to 65mm stroke but I've never gotten that much out of it. I have also heard from a reputable source that no 205mm shock actually gets 65mm stroke, it's purely hypothetical.

The sag indicator was pretty much all the way at the top, so full stroke. Measured 63-64mm-ish, a bit hard to reach with a vernier caliper. Now keep in mind that is fully deflated with me pressing down on the saddle (mino-link on low). Don't know whether this is actually realistic in a real world riding scenario.

Edit: Reading it again, or do you rather mean measuring the leftover stroke when fully compressed? Even though it should be the same result.

 

[Jazzii]

I run TTX1 205x65 as it came from factory. Msize frame, no probs with clearance. I use full stroke (by sag indicator).

 

[xcel]

I run TTX1 205x65 as it came from factory. Msize frame, no probs with clearance. I use full stroke (by sag indicator).

Interesting, same setup then. Did you ever check the clearance with no air in the shock? Also I assume no volume spacers?

 

[Jazzii]

Interesting, same setup then. Did you ever check the clearance with no air in the shock? Also I assume no volume spacers?

Did not check, because before TTX1 I run Float X also 65 stroke with no issues. Have no idea how big bo spacer is inside.

 

[Jazzii]

Week ago I broke carbon rim, hit jump landing edge, I am sure shock went max stroke to the bottom. No signs on frame.

 

[xcel]

Week ago I broke carbon rim, hit jump landing edge, I am sure shock went max stroke to the bottom. No signs on frame.

Holy shit haha, hope you're doing okay. Yea that shock would've most definitely bottomed out.
Thanks a lot for the input though, I guess it'll be fine then. Mino-link position also shouldn't change the bottom out clearance from a few posts I've seen here.

 

[Emailsucks98]

Holy shit haha, hope you're doing okay. Yea that shock would've most definitely bottomed out.
Thanks a lot for the input though, I guess it'll be fine then. Mino-link position also shouldn't change the bottom out clearance from a few posts I've seen here.

I'm glad @Jazzii has some feedback for you, cause I am up at whistler with the coil shock so I can't help with any measurements!

The mino link does make a difference I think, and I typically run mullet with the Mino Link in high, which would create additional clearance. I have occasionally ran 29" /Low and never had issues- but maybe only a dozen rides. Hypothetically ALL 205x65mm shocks should create the same "worst case" clearance scenario with the seatstay bridge. The reservoir is what varies and the Ohlins is great there, since it is sideways. I'm pretty sure you're good but it doesn't hurt to verify.

Business time / AM/PM/Tunnel vision were awesome on the EXe today!

 

[Buster]

So Ive been chasing a creak on my bike for the last few rides. So I started by lubing and torquing all of the main pivot and shock linkage. I torqued everything in sequence and was proud and optimistic to hopefully quiet my bike down. NO. Then I came across a thread about lubing your seat post. Torqued that. NO. Still squeaks.
Today do more squeak research. Find another thread about the two motor mount bolts which should be torqued to 20nm. I come home get the torque wrench out and lo and behold I get a 1/4 turn on the front bolt and an 1/8 maybe a little more on the aft one. I’m praying for a squeak free bike on my next ride.

(Silence is Golden)
EXE 9.8xt owner for 3 weeks now.
Love the bike. Bike noises have always been an issue for me no matter which manufacturer. As others have mentioned different things to check. I went down the rabbit hole.
Lubed, repacked, torqued =
All bearings,fasteners, hub pawls,chainring,Headset bearing/cups, motor mount,derailleur hanger,dropper post & clamp all for peace of mind. Still
Had a noise that I couldn't find.
Forgive me I can't recall the gentleman that mentioned unthread the rear shock canister
Lube the threads (wtf) I thought. I'm humbled and at peace yesterdays ride
Nirvana

 

[Wolf_Trek]

New owner of a just built 9.7 (Mulsanne blue with carbon bar and code r brakes). Any big issues that you guys have had with your Fuels? Had a rear caliper rub, and a headset creak taken care of in the first 'anytime in the first 30 days' service.

 

[Swingset]

Have a 9.7 with Shimano brakes which I love. The Code R's on my Heckler just sucked. Replaced with RSC levers and the H2S rotors and much, much better.

 

[Wolf_Trek]

Have a 9.7 with Shimano brakes which I love. The Code R's on my Heckler just sucked. Replaced with RSC levers and the H2S rotors and much, much better.

Have the H2S rotors already, but unless they bed in really nice, I'll probably swap over to XT brakes next year sometime. I've run XT's on all my bikes for the last 15 years.