I have a 21 Emonda and a Kickr which I have not used at all while waiting for new Wahoo spacers. I spent a bit of time today and concluded the pic above is a good enough fix for non drive side. The drive side imo does need 2mm removed off cap spacer as well, on top specifically. The cap in its current form does not have enough clearance once things are bolted down tight. Also I wouldn’t use Kickr climb until all new spacers are available. My bottom line is I will wait to get new Wahoo/Trek approved spacers so my frame stays 100% perfect.
Isn’t there a standard for wheels? I haven’t heard of wheels that don’t work with certain frames and a trainer just replaces a rear wheel
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Makes sense but Wahoo has spacers that have raised sections to fit inside the trainer.
The Tacx Neo2T has so many spacers/washers i have no idea how you could just put a bike on without adjusting shifting every time.
The H3 seemed to fit with my 21 Emonda AXS but had issues with derl cage hitting trainer body. Really couldn’t use 33T
I’m thinking Wahoo bike or a 2nd simple bike just for the trainer.
I got wahoo bike for this very reason! Got new emonda last year. Knew i had to change freehub for axs to work on kickr, got it but it didnt work with older kickr. Sold kickr got core only to hear of this incompatibility issue. At least with wahoo bike as things change in the bike world I know trainer is set and no wear and tear to deal with. So worth it!!
I understand they made the spacers to fit their trainer but that’s still a design flaw. They designed the trainer. Why not have dedicated adaptors for each size so it can fit in all the way so doesn’t need to be beveled so close to the end?
I’m no engineer but I think they use the shoulder on both sides to support the frame in the dropout. I assume the new Wahoo spacers will fill in the dropout. I know the current fix that people are doing puts all the load on the axle. It that ok? I have no idea how much weight goes to axle vs spacer. Does anyone? I just know I have a mint brand new $4000 frame that you can’t replace right now lol
It works the same as a wheel with how the load is transferred
I love this sport but it’s crazy how expensive and complicated it can be.
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“It works the same as a wheel with how the load is transferred”
I believe that so the question is why do the Wahoo spacers have shoulders? They could just be the same diameter across. Imo its sorta a carry over from QR.
To support 15mm thru axels the hole on the trainer has to be wider. They could have made the step back further back on the 142 side but that would have meant they couldn’t just have one two sided adaptor and needed two adaptors so the adaptor would have enough support in the frame when flipped around. Save a few bucks
(I’m still annoyed with how the kickr came with a disc brake block to put in when the wheel is off and bike is in the trainer but the Climb didn’t come with one. At the time bike shops didn’t really have them in stock so was a pain to get one.)
Can’t believe this still hasn’t been fixed. Was raised in August 2020 and is fixed easily by providing separate adaptors for various thru axle widths and complying with hub standards I.e treating the adaptor as if it is a wheel.
Nothing complicated about it or unique to Wahoo and seems to be a case of trying to nickle and dime us to save a few pennies by producing fewer adaptors.
Clear design flaw.
Just buy the part from EBay and be done with it people!
So glad I did that vs waiting for Whaoo and the bike brands to work together
if you pull the bike off one day snap a pic
I think you have it 100% dialed except for Kickr Climb use. I saw Wahoo has a 2 part spacer for drive side which will allow better rotation
Nice job on the bevel!
if it does the work, its great.
I have sold lots of custom adapter for the US, Japan, Autralia, just all arround the world.
And the thing I hate the most is my the time people have to wait for the piece.
The shipping company here at portugal sucks.
It should be time that wahoo would start shiping there adapter
Does anyone have pictures of the eBay adapter installed on the kickr and bike? Any long term damage?
Just curious how it looks.
Possible update from:
“Wahoo plans to begin shipping a revised Kickr 142 thru-axle adapter to allow owners of these bikes to mount them to direct drive trainers in fewer than six weeks from today.”
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Still no more news from Wahoo?
The latest I saw shared on DCR is that they are not done with their evaluation to offer a solution.