Funny how no one seems to know this about Trek axles
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Funny how no one seems to know this about Trek axles
Regarding thru-axles for Treks, nobody at the Trek store or even Trek online, mentions that the included 'lever' on the rear thru axle is a removable 6mm tool. I just wasted $55 buying the Robert Axle Project rear axle to use on a trainer, and it actually even weighs more than the thru-axle from Trek. Apparently even Shane Miller didn't know this on his youtube review of the H3 trainer.
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Regarding thru-axles for Treks, nobody at the Trek store or even Trek online, mentions that the included 'lever' on the rear thru axle is a removable 6mm tool. I just wasted $55 buying the Robert Axle Project rear axle to use on a trainer, and it actually even weighs more than the thru-axle from Trek. Apparently even Shane Miller didn't know this on his youtube review of the H3 trainer.
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So for say, the H3 trainer, after I pull out the bike's thru-axle to remove the wheel, I'll then insert the same thru-axle into the H3 to mount the bike onto the trainer. In Shane's video, he pulls out his thru-axle with the lever that looks like mine, tosses it aside because he can't use it in the H3. If it's like mine the lever is only an addon to the axle and is removable. (Elsewhere, he says he had to hunt all over town for a suitable H3 thru-axle.)
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"and that it weighs more then the stock part makes it even more useless"
Sure, if weight is your prime value. Funny that if we were talking about people this view would be pretty petty. But this is about one's bike so I guess one can think whatever they wish Andy
Sure, if weight is your prime value. Funny that if we were talking about people this view would be pretty petty. But this is about one's bike so I guess one can think whatever they wish Andy
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Funny how no one seems to know some trainers are wheel-on and some are direct drive.
Who knew?
Apparently you don't need a wheel-on thru-axle mount to put the bike on a direct-drive trainer.
That nobody on the internet or at the Trek store knew which trainer i have? What's up with that?
I know, right?
Who knew?
Apparently you don't need a wheel-on thru-axle mount to put the bike on a direct-drive trainer.
That nobody on the internet or at the Trek store knew which trainer i have? What's up with that?
I know, right?
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"and that it weighs more then the stock part makes it even more useless"
Sure, if weight is your prime value. Funny that if we were talking about people this view would be pretty petty. But this is about one's bike so I guess one can think whatever they wish Andy
Sure, if weight is your prime value. Funny that if we were talking about people this view would be pretty petty. But this is about one's bike so I guess one can think whatever they wish Andy
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Funny how no one seems to know some trainers are wheel-on and some are direct drive.
Who knew?
Apparently you don't need a wheel-on thru-axle mount to put the bike on a direct-drive trainer.
That nobody on the internet or at the Trek store knew which trainer i have? What's up with that?
I know, right?
Who knew?
Apparently you don't need a wheel-on thru-axle mount to put the bike on a direct-drive trainer.
That nobody on the internet or at the Trek store knew which trainer i have? What's up with that?
I know, right?
Take a look at Shane's video on the H3 at the 4:00 mark. He ended up buying another thru-axle too because his has the lever.
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The one exception might be the current trend for "Groveling bikes" (oops, I mean gravel bikes). Many of the sensible geometries and tire clearances of these frames worked very well in the 1970s as they do today. Too bad these modern versions typically have silly huge gear ratio gaps with their lack of chain rings. Andy
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