NEW Trek Emonda ALR 2023
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I can't get my head around these half-way integrated cable solutions.
Trek, Merida, now Giant. Who thought leaving a gaping hole at the front of the bike for water and dust ingress was a good idea? *facepalm*
At least on older frames where the brake hoses entered the frame itself, you had rubber grommets providing a modicum of weather protection and sealing.
If you're going to integrate the cables just run them fully internal and be done with it.
Trek, Merida, now Giant. Who thought leaving a gaping hole at the front of the bike for water and dust ingress was a good idea? *facepalm*
At least on older frames where the brake hoses entered the frame itself, you had rubber grommets providing a modicum of weather protection and sealing.
If you're going to integrate the cables just run them fully internal and be done with it.
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I've been waiting for someone to post this. I like how the stem has that piece that bolts down and keeps the cables tidy.
With decent cable management can get just as clean of a look with a traditional stem as well.
So I got my frame in and started putting parts on it and realized that the dropouts are a little wonky on my bike--the rear needs to be spread a bit to get the hub in and in the front, there's a solid 5mm gap on either side of the hub endcaps between the fork drops.
Should I be worried about this? The wheels do go on and tighten up okay but my other bikes aren't like this.
Also, there's a giant gap between the top of the headtube and the bearing cap, did I put this together wrong? I haven't run any cables yet, just wanted to mock it up first. EDIT: just realized this is "Normal". Wtf.
The grey paint looks awesome though.
Should I be worried about this? The wheels do go on and tighten up okay but my other bikes aren't like this.
Also, there's a giant gap between the top of the headtube and the bearing cap, did I put this together wrong? I haven't run any cables yet, just wanted to mock it up first. EDIT: just realized this is "Normal". Wtf.
The grey paint looks awesome though.
So at this point I feel like I'm just talking to myself, but I wonder if this would work as a lower stack option for the headset cable routing:
https://shop.cervelo.com/products/mtb-bearing-cap
Its the headset cable routing from the Cervelo ZHT-5, which uses a straight 1.5" head tube with a regular 1 1/8" -1 1/2" fork just like the ALR does.
Aw *f##k* it, I'm going to order it and try it out, its only $20.
https://shop.cervelo.com/products/mtb-bearing-cap
Its the headset cable routing from the Cervelo ZHT-5, which uses a straight 1.5" head tube with a regular 1 1/8" -1 1/2" fork just like the ALR does.
Aw *f##k* it, I'm going to order it and try it out, its only $20.
As far as the frame I had manufacturing issues that got resolved when I brought it to the LBS and sent out for warranty. If you're not 100% about it had the shop look it over. Fork seems normal as it would suck in with the ThruAxle.rothwem wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 4:48 pmSo I got my frame in and started putting parts on it and realized that the dropouts are a little wonky on my bike--the rear needs to be spread a bit to get the hub in and in the front, there's a solid 5mm gap on either side of the hub endcaps between the fork drops.
Should I be worried about this? The wheels do go on and tighten up okay but my other bikes aren't like this.
Also, there's a giant gap between the top of the headtube and the bearing cap, did I put this together wrong? I haven't run any cables yet, just wanted to mock it up first. EDIT: just realized this is "Normal". Wtf.
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The grey paint looks awesome though.
That headset space does seem a little bigger than most(including mine) Are you sure its in there peoperly with the bearings preloaded?
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The Cervelo cover and compression ring might work. The Deda DCR cover and 36/45deg compression ring will almost certainly leave a huge gap between the cover and HT.
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