Yeah, she immediately knew it was her color. She still has a couple of weeks of recovery for a broken arm. So, she has plenty of time to get some accessories. I'm going to take it out a couple of times and see how it compares to my Orbea Rise M10. I'll report back if anyone's interested.
Definitely!
+1.Definitely!
i dunno in your country how the pricing is...but in my country XTR cassette is 1/2 the price of XX1, so we all run AXS RD with XTR chain/cassette, no issues.
From what I've been informed by a couple of UK dealers, the first allocation from Trek will land in the shops mid September. Fingers crossed!!
Been traveling a lot for work. So, we took the Fuel EXe 9.7 (Shimano drivetrain) back to the Trek dealer to have the Sram drive train swapped from her Rail 9.8. They left a message saying they could swap the AXS shifter and derailleur, but the cassette wasn't compatible with the chainring on the EXe and Trek wouldn't have a solution until mid-winter. The EXe 9.9 models have all Sram drivetrains. So, are the chainrings drivetrain specific? I haven't looked at the specs yet. On the Rail, the chainring works with both. If it's possible they are different for drivetrains, maybe the "solution" means they will have chainrings to sell in the Fall. I haven't talked to the LBS yet, but thoughts?
You wouldn't be able to swap the cassette without changing the freehub as they are specific to Sram and Shimano but as for the chain ring, as long as it's the same "speed' of chain i.e. a 12 speed, they all should work. I've run Shimano, Sram and KMC chains on both Shimano and Sram chain rings with no issues. I think that running a Shimano chain with the Shimano cassette will make the most of the HYPERGLIDE+ shifting advantage but chain rings tend not to make any difference in shifting.
The Rail 9.8 we wanted the drivetrain swapped from has a Sram cassette on it. I told him he could change the driver to the EXe. Would have just swapped the rear wheel, but it's 27.5 and the software isn't ready for the EXe to have a mullet setup. Technically it should work. I'm having a hard time believing the chainring v is the problem.
I’ve seen my bike shop build a mixed AXS drivetrain with an SRAM chain/Shimano cassette. You just loose the hyper glide shifting that you get when using a Shimano chain paired with a Shimano cassette.
Yes, the EXe was designed to be easily switched to a mullet. Trek said they would release an update to accommodate it at a later date. You can do it now, but the speedo would be off.
You have seen them do it on the new EXe?
Nope. The type of bike shouldn’t matter, should it? To me it sounds like the chainring is paired specific to the chain. Either chain can be run with either cassette.
I agree. I would think whatever chain you need to work with the chainring would work with the Sram cassette. I am going in today to talk to them. But, they did say they called Trek and they were told they would have a solution this Winter.
Right? I am doing that right now on my bike. I'm just curious why Sram comes with a different chainring than the Shimano builds. Is that typical? That Rails I have purchased have all been Shimano with the E13 chainring. So, not sure if the Sram built Rails have a different chainring. I'll see what they have to say and can always just change it myself.
Are you sure? According to the Trek UK website, all the bikes run the same E*Thirteen E*Spec Plus, 34T, 165mm length cranks and chainring.
Me to I have a rise m team and would love to hear how it compares
I can't see that happening, if users have the ability to swap the motor settings between 27.5 and 29 wheels its going to be extremely easy for people to set the bike to 27 and gain extra assist speed from using a 29 wheel. granted it will only be a small gain but its still above the legal limit and will undoubtedly result in law suits and claims againt trek, especially over in the land of the free.
Any info with regards the two bikes, I'm tempted by the orbea but wont to hold out for the new trek , i guess your busy trying to swap out the drive train
