Originally Posted by
Kontact
Ididn't say this was the OP's bike, I said this is the what all 5200/5500 dropouts looked like, and a notable feature is how they don't have a shoulder that the chainstay butts up against to visually gauge insertion depth.
Again, generalities vs specifics.
Could the OP's dropout have become de-bonded? Sure. But TREK was aware of galvanic corrosion issues at aluminum bonding points and used fiberglass to electrically isolate the components, so that type of failure is rare for Treks compared to Colnagos. And the OP would have to have missed the dropout moving every time he tried a new wheel in the frame and tugged it back into position.
Generalities AND Specifics...and a multitude of possibilities.
...of which neither do we have photo evidence of from OP. Just his words/statements. Yet you keep coming back at me even though I'm kinda holding off on further judgement until we see an update.
Trying to "win" something?
=8-)
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