[Closed] Cannondale Trigger? Bargain

Finally got the bike back from Weymouth at the weekend and today I fitted my new Light Bicyle rims. A buther up front and a Slaughter at the back. The tyres went on with no need for levers and inflated first time with a bit of soapy water and a track pump.
Pop in slime and job's a good un.
The rear brake caliper needed moving a fraction of a millimetre but that was all.

They seem to be staying inflated so time for a quick blast.

Successfully/easily fitted a sram x0 double grip shift to act as a dyad remote last night. 5 minute job and it works perfectly!

Eddiebaby, do you want the 77designz chain device? I'll send it back if not. Email in profile.
Chris

Hi Ashy, ygm.

So ive been out bashing a few miles out in the hotness around here, and even without gnar I feel the bike now is approaching perfection. The LB 30mm inside with rims and the tyres seem so right even though I'm still playing with tyre pressures. The only pain is that I'd got the Dyad set up perfectly but now I think I'm going to have to tweak everything as the tyres seem to be doing so much more. The tyre pressures aren't quite as sensitive as a fat bike but on these rims it's almost a step towards plus size.

Quick update on mine after the failure of bike one, been up to Afan and round my local trails did the same drop as before and all is well. Bikes holding up no problems and taking the use I'm going to give it with no complaints. Can't believe the difference in speed with bigger wheels, whodathunkit.

Still feel the bars are a tiny bit low for me on the climbs, I suppose due to the 1.5 steerer the only way round that is new bars?

Glad to hear it's all working for you! I hammered mine round Stainburn last night, soooo much fun!

@eddiebaby, interesting to hear that about the change of rims, did the Jekyll also come with the mavic crossrocs? I've set mine up tubeless but the rims are quite narrow and taking advantage of the lower tubeless pressures means the tyres are squirming about a bit. How much were the LB rims if you don't mind me asking?

Hi Chris, the wheels cost $1010 inc postage and at the time that was £690. The exchange rate will no doubt have changed since. The tyres now feel totally planted and the worries about the hookless rims vanished the second I rode it.
It'll be interesting to go back to the Crossrocs and see how they compare in a month's time, but side by side with the LBs the tyre looks really squeezed in. At some point I'll try the Nobby Nics on the LBs as well.

Although my bike is a Jekyll it ought to be called a Trigger's Broom as since buying it I've changed bars, grips, saddle, brakes, tyres (twice), wheels, oval chain ring and gone XT 1x11. I'm going for a longer dropper next so I can get the saddle a cm higher.
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Jools good to hear your back on the bike and enjoying it. An option for raising the bars would be a stem with more rise or you can get spacers to raise the stem. Depending how much you want to raise it you may need a longer steerer if they are available.

Man alive that's a great looking bike! Thanks for info on the wheels-bit out of my budget at the moment, but they look great. Was that price for the rims only or with hubs too?
Chris

So whilst I am enjoying my trigger team, it has become a bit of a clicky, grindy graunchy beast over recent weeks. Not helped by the dry weather I'm sure but it is playing a tune from virtually every pivot point, headset and BB.

Time for a little TLC I think. What are people using to keep their sweet? Just some Teflon lube or something more sophisticated?

(chain is fine a lubed regularly).

Thanks.

Hi, does anyone know what the code is for the main pivot bearings on a trigger 4 before I strip the bike so I can order them as mine are knackered.

Cheers dave.

Thanks for all the information crazymack680. How did you get the rear shock off? Did you release the air pressure from both the negative and positive air chamber before removing? Cheers

@Chris
That was complete with Hope Pro rear and Project321 Supermax hubs.
Full spec below.

Product Option Unit Price QTY Unit Total

WM650BC05 All Mountain matte UD 32H
DT SWISS Competition black J-bend
DT SWISS PRO Lock Red Aluminium
Hope Pro 2 40T Black 142mm 12mm 32H Shimano MTB 10/11S J-bend 6-bolt
Project321 Lefty SuperMax Black 32H J-bend 6-bolt LB black
Pair $898

Swainy just unbolt it and take it out, no need to release any air.

Thank you longmover. Will the shaft not like ping out or is it because it's a pull shock?

The shock always wants to contract, you have to put force through it to extend it.

As long as the pressure in the negative is lower than the pos it will stay contracted. Its only 2 bolts and 2 Allen keys needed to remove the shock.

Ssmith I don't have any bearing squeak issues. I do find my chain gets creaky when dirty, more so than any other bike. A quick clean usually resolves that. I presume that's just a quick of the 10 speed chain that I presume is narrower than my old 9.

Crazymac I can't imagine falling off every few rides. You must be riding way harder than I. I feel like I'm getting too old and too busy at work to handle roadrash or broken bones. I've invested in some knee and elbow protection - hopefully I won't feel to much of a muppet to wear it.

I got some knee pads that I wear when I take the bike in to the bike park. Went out on an XC loop with a friend and people he knows last week, turns out I was the only one not wearing knee pads.

No need to feel like a muppet zerolight.

I wear kneepads on virtually every ride after smashing my knee to bits with my knee pads in my bag. No need to feel daft!

Cheers guys.

So, just in case it's not been mentioned before, it turns out the little metal bar on the dyad sag indicator, the bit with the % scale stamped on it, it's a push fit into the upper plastic mount of the indicator.

If like me, you hate the squeak that the sag indicator develops with the metal bar rubbing on the plastic loop, you can pull the indicator bar out of the mounting and stick it in your tool box when sag setting is done.

To set the sag again, rather than push it back really firm, I just push mine in a little bit until the first click - seems like it would fall out real easy. Then I adjusted the position of the little loop until the bottom edge of the loop lined up with the zero travel indicator line above the 30% mark and tighten that back up (I imagine you'd move that just once to compensate for the new position of the half inserted sag indicator bar.

Now I set my sag by making sure the bottom of the loop aligns with the centre of the white square, and when happy I pull the indicator bar, stow it in my tool box for safe keeping and ride without the squeaky indicator. It's easier to be able to pop it in quickly from time to time to make sure the shock hasn't lost pressure, rather than my previous fix which was to remove the entire indicator assembly, which takes more time to re-affix for a quick sag check.

So what are peoples thoughts on stem length with this bike? I believe my carbon 2 comes with a 60mm stem, which is the shortest stem I've ever had on a bike and my be contributing, along with the wider bars, to much more confidence on the trails vs my old SC Superlight which had a 90mm stem and relatively narrow bars. The SC did have a riser on it, not sure by how much now - I'm guessing somewhere around 20mm.

My only complain with the Trigger is that my hands can get a little sore, like I am putting more weight on them than I should be. I don't find it overly long, or short. Would a 45mm stem take pressure off my hands? I don't find it so easy to get the front wheel up when approaching obstacles, yet I don't feel too perched forwards on the tricky stuff either.

I recently put a 40mm Truvativ on my sons Btwin, but its way too small a bike for me to get a feel for what that does to geometry - his bike was way too long for him.

Anyone got an opinion on the Crossmax XL Pro wheelset? Very tempted as quite sick of my super flexy crossrocs...

I think the trigger 4 has a 65mm stem on it and I'm happy with it. I've considered getting a shorter one to make it even more stable on the steep stuff but the majority of my riding is less demanding so I am better off keeping it as a jack of all trades.
A shorter stem would take some weight off your hands but so would sliding your seat forward.

Ashy I was looking at the Crossmax XL Supermax wheels online just today. Bookmarked for when I have more money than sense. Supposed to be good.

They are really really nice aren't they?! Get stonking reviews too. I don't want to fall foul of fashion's but worried they're a little narrow compared to some other wheelset out there. I do really feel the tyre squirming about on my crossrocs and don't want to buy these for the same to happen. Chris

I'm wary of wheel upgrades because I don't know whether I'll actually notice it. I'm not feeling my wheels flexing. Is that because I've always had flexy wheels and don't know better? Maybe if I rode a bike with stiffer wheels I'd get it. It's certainly tempting to consider the upgrade.

Is it the wheel you feel flexing? Or the tyre in the narrow rim? I run around 35psi so my tyre doesn't flex too much. I'm just not aware of the flexing, only researched it because MBR blamed their perceived nervousness of the bike on flexy wheels.

I'm pretty happy with mine. But there's always another upgrade. Right?

I'm around 100kgs so fairly heavy and can definitely feel the flex in the back wheel. The lower pressure from running tubeless definitely compounds the feeling though. Starting to think I should be paid the extra £600 and bought the team, given what I've spent on upgrading to 1x11 and now potentially new wheels! I'd like a longer drop seat post too. Upgradeitis is a terrible affliction!

MBR found the Team to have flexy wheels too, and the brakes aren't as good, despite being more expensive. So you probably made the right choice with 2, besides the red looks best. 😀 I'm one of those oddities that really likes the 2x10 setup.

I shed a lot of weight in the past 6 months and am down to 77kg and I can't be bothered with tubeless. I'm just wondering if it's the tyre pressures you are sensing more than the wheels flexing?

It's a combo of both really. Think the lower tyre pressures exacerbate it for sure but I can flex the back wheel by hand...

I think after the summer I might treat myself to a pair of Stans Arch Mk3 wheels with DTSwiss spokes from JustRidingAlong. Might even take the lefty hub off the crossroc to get the price down as I can't imagine there's much market for a Lefty Crossroc. The Stans seem to be well regarded and a pair will come in at less than £400 - closer to £300 if I supply the hub.

Ok. Another silly question. Should I try going tubeless? I have the valve kit that came with my crossroc equipped carbon 2. I have Michelin Wild Grip R tyres. What do I need to do? Is it worth it?

yes,do it! put the valves in, refit the tyre leaving a bit of bead free at the bottom, pour in sealant, reseat bead, pump tyre up ( I needed a track pump and some vigorous pumping to seal the bead on my michelins) and voila. job done.

Those Kinesis wheels one the Fresh Goods Friday look impressive.

I thought that. I did get some quotes from light bicycle and they seemd to be $1000ish now, which is a bit rich for me given the risk of paying customs on top of that as well.

ooooh, just priced up a custom build from actionsports.de ( anyone used them?) and cpome out at about £530 delivered. Spec look any good?
1. Hubs:
DT 240s Lefty disc 36T Ratchet System VR+HR 6Loch black

2.Rim:
NoTubes ZTR Flow MK3 Felge black 650b
€120.00*

3.Spoke:
Sapim CX-Ray 2.0/2.3-0.9/2.0 black
€50.00*

4.Nipple:
DT Pro Lock Squorx Pro Head Alu Nippel red
€30.00*
3.TLR Kit:
Fun Works Ultralight Tubeless Kit red Valves/29mm Tape
€20.00*

works out at £534 delivered. Not sure whether I'd be better going for the Arch Mk3 rims or sticking with the flows. Any ideas from anyone how tough the new Stans Arch rims are?

Just got as 45mm Thomson for my Trigger, makes an appreciable difference for comfort not tried it out properly though just a couple of laps of bushy park.

Chris, check out the American Classic Wide Lightning. Some good deals on Lefty wheel sets on the R2 site.

Upgradeitis is a terrible affliction!

From the quick bit of research I did, the Arch seem to be trail wheels vs the flow being downhill. Both seem to be super stiff and strong, with the flow taking more abuse and weighing a bit more.

Action sports are a good find, I wonder how good they are? Good bit cheaper than elsewhere for wheels built on DT Swiss Hubs.

Cheers John,
I'll check the r2 out. How do American classics work out vs a DT/ stans setup? I've read good things about actionsports so can't imagine their wheel builds will be poor...

The lefty hub on that actionsports.de link isn't a supermax hub- so you would need to spend an extra 35£ on a new brake adapter, as well as the wheel not being as beefy as it can be- the supermax hubs at 10mm wider at the flanges.

Ah well spotted. Wonder if they have the supermax

DT don't do a supermax width hub- your choices are- Cannondale- cheap, if you can find one in stock, Project 321, relatively expensive -Acros / Chris king / tune -Very expensive.