After driving under a stone arch way with my bike on the roof some minor repairs were in order (frame, front wheel, front fork, roof rack, car roof!) I bought the reserve 28 wheels in the Merlin sale, which come with indicated nine hubs, also bought a Sid SL fork.
Irritatingly the wheels come supplied without any 31mm torque caps needed to fit the SID fork, Merlin could sell me any, so I tracked some down online.
Now that they have arrived the external splines lock ring won’t clear the torque cap, and there is no way of fitting the lock ring first then pushing the end cap in.
What am I missing? Are there any external splines locking which will clear the 31mm torque caps?
On a positive note Santa’s Cruz UK support was excellent and they ordered me an accidental damage replacement frame for about 1/3rd RRP after my idiotic moment.
Pretty sure you can run a hub without torque caps and just use standard 15mm end caps on Rockshox forks, the wheel will be a bit more fiddly to fit but it will work just fine without torque caps fitted
