Wild trek Matty.
Got a good mate that has his sixth millionth trek. Each are warranty frames due to the kooky bb setup. Just keep an eye on it buddy and replace the bearings more often than you think especially if playing on dirt.
How do you find the CS bearings?.
Thanks mate ! I run a Trek shop so yeah, I'm well aware of the bottom bracket issues. For reference, the best fix, which shit's me that it even needs a 'fix', is to replace them with the tapered Enduro bearings. Don't get me started on carbon press fit bb shells...:rant:
Here's a bit of a post that I put on Facebook about the bearings.
"Been out for a few rides after fitting the Ceramic bearings. I should have done a real world test like descending my street only coasting and seeing the difference in max speed. Oh well. Anyway, I ride my bike enough to be able to tell and it definitely rolls smoother and holds speed much easier. I also reduced the tension the spring clip had on the pawls in the rear wheel and the rolling time extended to
1min 55sec. Having said that, if I only put the bare minimum of grease in the steel bearings and cut away the inner lip of the seals to reduce drag, I wonder if it would have had the same effect ? I'll never know because I'm lazy as shit and I'm not swapping them out until they wear out ! Bottom line...The Domane is feeling on point right now. Just need to sort the engine out."
I wouldn't recommend the bearings at full retail, I only bought them because they were going ridiculously cheap from the wholesaler.
Oh, I will add that my comment about the Giant bars being the best, that is in reference to the tops being a comfortable shape and the drops a good height. In an effort to improve fitness, I've been doing sprint intervals and i feel like I'm going to snap these bars when sprinting in the lower section of the drops. The forward section, just under the levers is fine though. I know i'm really not going to break them but they are super flexy and it's pretty unnerving. Carbon bars have saved my hand on the longer rides though.