I purchased this bike a few years ago to use as a way to increase cardio, mainly use on private roads and local fire trails/easy single tracks. I am all about the "up" and cross country. Admittedly I am not as knowledgeable about bike tech but I do know that my drive train has always had issues as my DH bought the same bike a few months after I bought mine, but in the 2019 version. The feel and responsiveness of his drive train is much better, despite being identical in description with the only execption that I can find on paper being the Front derailleur 2018 Shimano Deore M6020 vs. 2019 Shimano Deore M617.
Here are the archived stats on the bike https://www.trekbikes.com/us/en_US/...mountain-bikes/x-caliber/x-caliber-8/p/21577/.
Drivetrain 2018 Shifters Shimano Deore M6000, 10 speed Front derailleur Shimano Deore M6020 Rear derailleur Shimano Deore XT, Shadow Crank
Race Face Ride, 36/22 Bottom bracket Sealed cartridge Cassette Shimano HG50, 11-36, 10 speed Chain KMC X10
While I love the customer service I get at the Trek shop I feel like I'm taking it in now every 3 months for the same issues of dropped gears / mis-shifting. During one of the initial services they commented that the original chain had 2 "end" links. I'm wondering if this created some type of issue?
For reference, I don't ride that much, but am now averaging 2-3 times per week 45 mins to 1.5 hours. I do clean and lube the chain. Last week I cleaned the chain and that was a mistake, as the dropping / mis shifting became worse and I'll be taking it in again.
I understand that there are multiple issues that can cause the dropped gears/mis shift. I like the bike, it works for me, I'm just frustrated that it is not reliable and annoying with the dropped/ mis-shifting and needing constant tuning vs my DH's bike which does not. Last service was a full cleaning / adjustment with new cables and multiple test rides to make sure it was good to go. That was 3 months ago. I appreciate any thoughts on the following: Is this amount of maintenance normal? Is it time to replace / upgrade what I have? Learn to tune my own bike? Change out the system completely? The new X-caliber's are now 1x. Thanks.
Here are the archived stats on the bike https://www.trekbikes.com/us/en_US/...mountain-bikes/x-caliber/x-caliber-8/p/21577/.
Drivetrain 2018 Shifters Shimano Deore M6000, 10 speed Front derailleur Shimano Deore M6020 Rear derailleur Shimano Deore XT, Shadow Crank
Race Face Ride, 36/22 Bottom bracket Sealed cartridge Cassette Shimano HG50, 11-36, 10 speed Chain KMC X10
While I love the customer service I get at the Trek shop I feel like I'm taking it in now every 3 months for the same issues of dropped gears / mis-shifting. During one of the initial services they commented that the original chain had 2 "end" links. I'm wondering if this created some type of issue?
For reference, I don't ride that much, but am now averaging 2-3 times per week 45 mins to 1.5 hours. I do clean and lube the chain. Last week I cleaned the chain and that was a mistake, as the dropping / mis shifting became worse and I'll be taking it in again.
I understand that there are multiple issues that can cause the dropped gears/mis shift. I like the bike, it works for me, I'm just frustrated that it is not reliable and annoying with the dropped/ mis-shifting and needing constant tuning vs my DH's bike which does not. Last service was a full cleaning / adjustment with new cables and multiple test rides to make sure it was good to go. That was 3 months ago. I appreciate any thoughts on the following: Is this amount of maintenance normal? Is it time to replace / upgrade what I have? Learn to tune my own bike? Change out the system completely? The new X-caliber's are now 1x. Thanks.
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