Trek FX 7.6 Frame
Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 2:31 pm
G'day all , I'm trying to gather some opinions on the Trek FX 7.6 , particularly on the frame .
I've got a 2012 model 2 x 9 speed , aluminium frame , all the fancy names for the fork dampening and rear wishbone rubber insert. I really like the bike , it's comfortable , rides well . I've got the seat , stem , pedals etc set up to suit me and I use it regularly cruising around Sydney Inner West . Very nice bike .
However , I am finding the frame is very Flexi , I feel it is sort of moving underneath me esp pedalling under load in lower gears going up hill and also using the bigger gears on the flat or downhill . You can see the BB area moving ( not a lot but certainly not rigid) on each pedal stroke Given that this is the second one I have owned - previous was a 7.5 with similar frame , which I sold because of the flexing issues . Then I bought the current one hoping to find a different , more rigid frame , but it is the same . Perhaps I am answering my own question here , but do any other owners or interested persons have similar experience with the 7.6 / 7.5 frames ?
FWIW the frame is straight , rides no hands nicely with no tendency to track either way
Thanks
I've got a 2012 model 2 x 9 speed , aluminium frame , all the fancy names for the fork dampening and rear wishbone rubber insert. I really like the bike , it's comfortable , rides well . I've got the seat , stem , pedals etc set up to suit me and I use it regularly cruising around Sydney Inner West . Very nice bike .
However , I am finding the frame is very Flexi , I feel it is sort of moving underneath me esp pedalling under load in lower gears going up hill and also using the bigger gears on the flat or downhill . You can see the BB area moving ( not a lot but certainly not rigid) on each pedal stroke Given that this is the second one I have owned - previous was a 7.5 with similar frame , which I sold because of the flexing issues . Then I bought the current one hoping to find a different , more rigid frame , but it is the same . Perhaps I am answering my own question here , but do any other owners or interested persons have similar experience with the 7.6 / 7.5 frames ?
FWIW the frame is straight , rides no hands nicely with no tendency to track either way
Thanks