MarkJohnston
10 kW
- Joined
- Mar 25, 2021
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I have this bike. The exact one I bought two years ago. They haven't even changed it
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I've customized it a bit. I want a new fork to raise the handlebars So i sit more upright.(Would leaving the fork uncut do this for me? Sheldon brown i think said it would.) Should I not be wasting my money though on a fork for this frame? I think it uses an older headset technology.
I am thinking this frame could fail any day, specifically around the drop outs. I have punished this bike for two years straight and put over 10k miles on it. I have ridden full throttle for 50 miles every day carrying 40 lbs of batteries. Those rack eyelets must be getting stresses. The aluminum around the eyelets.... Microstress fractures? ?? GEt a steel bike?
Should I just start a new build? I am worried about alumnium fatique. I don't see any cracks, but that doesn't mean there could micro stress fractures.
I don't want to invest more into this build and not be able to cannibalize the parts off it. I see a rock shox new for $220 + shipping maybe. That's not bad. I would want that fork to cross over. I should get a new front wheel too. Lots of stuff could get upgraded. Worth it?
I am technically a trek employee so I may be able to get 50 % a new frame...
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I've customized it a bit. I want a new fork to raise the handlebars So i sit more upright.(Would leaving the fork uncut do this for me? Sheldon brown i think said it would.) Should I not be wasting my money though on a fork for this frame? I think it uses an older headset technology.
I am thinking this frame could fail any day, specifically around the drop outs. I have punished this bike for two years straight and put over 10k miles on it. I have ridden full throttle for 50 miles every day carrying 40 lbs of batteries. Those rack eyelets must be getting stresses. The aluminum around the eyelets.... Microstress fractures? ?? GEt a steel bike?
Should I just start a new build? I am worried about alumnium fatique. I don't see any cracks, but that doesn't mean there could micro stress fractures.
I don't want to invest more into this build and not be able to cannibalize the parts off it. I see a rock shox new for $220 + shipping maybe. That's not bad. I would want that fork to cross over. I should get a new front wheel too. Lots of stuff could get upgraded. Worth it?
I am technically a trek employee so I may be able to get 50 % a new frame...