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A couple of cockpit changes. A stem cap mount for my Garmin Edge and, more importantly, replacing the stock dropper remote with a OneUp V3.

Primarily weight and nimbleness. I find the Rail almost too planted when descending and sometime harder to correct if I'm off line. I like the more conventional mountain bike feel of the EXe. Although some of the stuff around here to ride is really pure downhill and the Rail excels at that, we...

Thanks, Even though my LBS said they updated it to the latest version, they clearly haven't. Something to make sure they do on the first service.

Am I missing something? There's no way to confirm what firmware versions there are on the bike? The TQ app has no data for the fields and I can't find any version info the Trek Central app? My LBS said the updated the bike to the latest firmware but it doesn't include ANT+ connections to the...

He's been reprehensible in his business dealings going back to paypal. There's plenty of historical information about the way he treats people that makes him a POS. You're making an assumption that I'm making an assumption based solely on how he's positioned "X". My views of Musk have nothing...

Congratulations ... I take no issue with your opinion of the value of a Tesla (it's your opinion, you're entitled) even if I don't share that opinion. Both of us are entitled. Why do you feel it's necessary to mock people who use other criteria, including the ones I use, for decision making?

You're not the least bit simplistic, are you? The question is about where my consumer dollars end up. Supporting Shimano today is not endorsing their actions 80 years ago. If the profits earned from my consumer choices wind up either in the pockets of reprehensible people like Elon Musk or...

I am not suggesting that we don't need to pivot away from fossil fuels. We absolutely do. However, I am pretty sure that mass adoption of BEVs is not the answer because of all the other environmental harms. Whether it's green/blue hydrogen (either FCEV or ICE) or synthetic fuels, or something...

Not liking Teslas is not ill-informed. Liking Teslas is personal opinion as is disliking them. I think they're ugly, I think they're poor value, I think they are gimmick over substance ... all of which is personal opinion. But it's not ill-informed. What is ill-informed is blindly accepting the...

You've clearly been drinking the Tesla Kool-Aid. You probably think you're saving the environment too (that's not climate change denial, that's about the environmental costs of BEVs). Personally, if I thought BEV's were the answer, I certainly wouldn't be doing business with a sub-human POS...

@njatherton @gmoss thanks. Getting the impression that I'll need to swap it out. I don't mind the tension so not sure I need light action, but the usability of the current setup is pretty poor.

That it was, good eye. Always found it a good place for the first ride of the season or the first ride on a new bike.

The 9.7 uses a TransX seatpost, not a Bonty but the remote lever just seems so hard to get purchase with ... it just snaps out from under my thumb so easy. Whether that's the angle, or the length of the lever, or the seatpost??

Took my new 9.7 for its first ride on the weekend. Loved the bike and really liked the feel (as compared to my Rail). One thing that I found really annoying was the dropper remote. It seemed really hard to get my thumb to align properly and it would snap back before it had a chance to activate...