Originally Posted by
Brian25
Hi I am an ex Trek dealership owner and frame builder. I study geometry, and when you talk about chain slap in the small cogs, I do not know which chain ring it's happening in. I do not know much about the chain/ chain stay clearance, and I do not know how you feel about pedal/ shoe clearance for pedaling through corners, in my opinion the Domane jumped the shark for be, if you check out the bottom bracket height.... well it's dangerously low. I actually wrote Trek, and told them that I felt their bb hight was too low on that model. I don't know if that is a contributor to your chain slap issue. I would take the fork/ headset issue seriously. A guy in Florida DIED when his noisy fork gave way on him after having a store down there unable to determine the noise.
Actually, the low bottom bracket is the only feature of the civilian Domane that I really like. My Gios had a low bottom bracket, and I loved the stability as I learned to deal with the cornering clearance, 175 mm cranks and all. I just wish the Domane had a steeper head angle, lower head tube, and more fork rake. Like Fabian Cancellara's Domane. I could be really happy riding one of his old ones.
bres dad, I'm glad you got to the bottom of your wheel problem. I'm hopeful a different Trek dealer can help you trace that poppiing noise.