travel size?????

madmax245
madmax245 Posts: 108
edited October 2011 in MTB workshop & tech
My secondhand trek fuel ex8 2009 was in the workshop at the weekend. the mechanic said
that my bike had around 140mm travel at both ends.treks fuel ex range only has 120mm though. Does anybody know what could of happened???
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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    madmax245 wrote:
    My secondhand trek fuel ex8 2009 was in the workshop at the weekend. the mechanic said
    that my bike had around 140mm travel at both ends.treks fuel ex range only has 120mm though. Does anybody know what could have happened???

    well the Mechanic was not correct.

    the Original set up was 130mm front and 120 rear.

    I guess an earlier owner has changed some parts. Or the Abouts were way off.
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  • madmax245
    madmax245 Posts: 108
    do you think the fork is a 140 with a spacer of a custom order for trek?
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  • madmax245
    madmax245 Posts: 108
    edited October 2011
    do you think the fork is a 140 with a spacer or a custom ordered fork for trek?
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  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    So measure the travel yourself
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