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Re: Elves Falath EVO 2023
Hi, just built up a ELVES FALATH EVO with their OROME TH50 wheels. Everything is fine except one thing where I need your opinion. On the front wheel I notice a slight play in the hub when I push the wheel left and right, when I knock on the wheel I can heare a rattle. Nothing of that on the back wheel which is rock solid. Through axle fixed with 6Nm and threads greased. I know the hub is a copy of a dt swiss 350 road. They have preloaded bearings installed and require a certain amount of axial force to release the pretention in order to have minimum friction. Apparently that's not perfectly working in my hub. But increasing the torque to 8Nm helps a bit. Should I increase the torque to 10-15Nm? Anyone having a similar issue? Thanks

Most thru axles are speced to somewhere into range 10-15nm. Some weight weenie axles down to 8nm. Never heard of 6nm for a thru axle.


What’s the rated torque spec from elves?

December 20, 2023, 11:53:03 PM
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Re: Elves Falath EVO 2023 That's a sharp looking frame! I saw one Japanese YT'er using his Falath EVO for cyclocross making full use of the wider tire clearance!

Regarding the front fork TA mount being a bit loose, one of my carbon frames also had a similar issue, but on the rear TA. I thought my frame was out of spec, but the vendor recommended I just torque it down until there was no more play. Eventually it settled into place after awhile and didn't require being tightened down as much. Did the frame ship with plastic thru axle holders in place? If so, it might have stretched the fork out of spec slightly.

December 24, 2023, 12:04:16 PM
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Re: Elves Falath EVO 2023 Badass looking ride!
December 24, 2023, 12:23:38 PM
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Re: Elves Falath EVO 2023 I really love that shade of blue. Great job! Do you recall what color code it was?
December 24, 2023, 05:05:00 PM
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