[TwoWheelMan]

Has anyone found torque endcaps for Bontrager front wheels?

Specifically, Kovee Elite 30s, and Kovee XXXs.

I have two newish Treks in my house that came with RockShox forks with torque dropouts, but the aforementioned stock Bontrager wheels are not torque. As a result, wheel changes are more of a pain and I'm missing out on the stiffness benefits of torque.

I'll ping Trek too (@[email protected] ?), but perhaps someone here has already found a solution..

 

[[email protected]]

Negative, we don't produce Torque Caps for our wheels and we don't know of any brands that make them for our proprietary hubs. I love SRAM, but I've never had felt a need for these to be honest. It could be something that may be adapted in the future, but we'd need to work with SRAM engineers to come up with a design that works with our products and their Torque Cap system.

 

[TwoWheelMan]

Negative, we don't produce Torque Caps for our wheels and we don't know of any brands that make them for our proprietary hubs. I love SRAM, but I've never had felt a need for these to be honest. It could be something that may be adapted in the future, but we'd need to work with SRAM engineers to come up with a design that works with our products and their Torque Cap system.

Thanks Mitch.
Agreed, probably not a need for the Torque Cap interface, especially for a 120mm fork with 35mm stantions. It's all stiff enough as is.
Caps would be nice though, for making wheel swaps a bit more automatic and giving a finished feel. My wife's first response to inserting the front wheel on her new TF was "WTF, did they forget something"?
I'd pay for swappable caps. My vote.

 

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Thanks Mitch.
Agreed, probably not a need for the Torque Cap interface, especially for a 120mm fork with 35mm stantions. It's all stiff enough as is.
Caps would be nice though, for making wheel swaps a bit more automatic and giving a finished feel. My wife's first response to inserting the front wheel on her new TF was "WTF, did they forget something"?
I'd pay for swappable caps. My vote.

Anytime! And I appreciate the feedback, it's good to know what people are looking for out of their bikes and what their interests are in the Torque Caps.

 

[Fuse6F]

My stock roval wheels w torque caps mount up nicely in the fork. But when the wheel is torqued into place i can spin the torque cap

they do nothing but create some hype about stiffer mounting.

was in the lbs on the weekend. They had a 10-52 eagle and 10-50 xx1 cassette on hand. My bike has 10-50. To upgrade to a 4% lower gear requires a new derallieur. Combined cost is the same as the xx1 cassette. Whats better xx1 machined cassette thats lighter or 4% lower geat ratio. Ill wait for the 10-50 to come in. Which i bet they soon drop and force me to buy shimano!!! Lol.

maybe i will design up and sell some aluminum filler parts that can be bonded back onto the fork!!!

 

[wschruba]

Maybe i will design up and sell some aluminum filler parts that can be bonded back onto the fork!!!

Newman beat you to the punch, though I think there might be some supply issues, since it's such a low-priority part.

 

[vbm]

Anytime! And I appreciate the feedback, it's good to know what people are looking for out of their bikes and what their interests are in the Torque Caps.

I was just looking for torque caps for my new Line Pro wheelset that I just got 2 days ago. Hope Trek decides to make them.

 

[Fastskiguy]

Jumping into this thread late but I've ordered some kovee pro 30 tlr wheels and would love some torque caps too

Joe

 

[steadite]

Such a simple thing seems impossible they aren’t offered.

 

[jochribs]

Have someone machine you some.