Trek Checkpoint ALR 5 Driftless extra bits
05-02-23, 09:12 PM
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Trek Checkpoint ALR 5 Driftless extra bits
Hi, my new Checkpoint came with some extra bolts, spacers, long thingys and other stuff. Would anyone know what they are for? Thanks.
05-02-23, 09:38 PM
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Yep! 🙂
1) The long black plastic things are for custom mounting of accessories in different positions (using the existing mount holes in the frame).
2) The bolts are also for that purpose, spare ones for mounting more stuff.
3) The circular metal spacers I believe are additional not-needed bits for the headset, included as spares.
The other two bits I am not sure about though.
1) The long black plastic things are for custom mounting of accessories in different positions (using the existing mount holes in the frame).
2) The bolts are also for that purpose, spare ones for mounting more stuff.
3) The circular metal spacers I believe are additional not-needed bits for the headset, included as spares.
The other two bits I am not sure about though.
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The rings look like BB spacers, one looks like it even may be a wave washer for use at the crank, parts are often packed generically and not every bike would use them though typically shops would just keep something like that. The small plastic piece above the 4 bolts looks like a cable routing guide like you might see on a suspension fork, sometimes shops will just substitute a ziptie rather than screw it in. The two small screws are for the third bolt holes that have the brass threadings in the accessory mounts, they want to supply short bolts so some dope doesn't screw up their frame or break the bracket but screwing in too long a bolt.
