![]() To get a feel for the rebound on those massive tires, I went up and down the curbs along the road. I’m used to 29er wheels and it doesn’t feel much different. Out of the gate, the bike rolls very well on pavement. That’s half of what I run in my 2.4 tires! I was told that 14 psi was a bit too much as it might feel bouncy, so I started with 12psi. With such big volume tire, the recommended pressure goes as low as 10psi. The point of this test ride was more about getting a feel for those bigger tires and the way it rides rather than going into component details. It actually felt comfortable out of the box, however, I would have traded the stem for a 50mm if it were my bike. It’s built with wide bars, 1×11, avid brakes, and Chupacabra 3.0 tires. The head angle of the bike is fairly steep and the chainstays are short with 420mm on the big wheel size. ![]() I had the opportunity to ride the Trek Stache 7 29″+ hard tail, a 2600$ complete bike. Basically, bigger sized or fatter tires on each respective wheel.Īs for most new concepts, rumors travel fast, and it s always better to test and decide for yourself. The standard wheel size was set to three options, the classic 26″ and 29″ wheel and the most recent 27.5″ wheel sizes.Īs one starts to get comfortable and has dialed-in their bike, it seems the industry has yet again thrown at us two new standards for consumers to play with: the 27.5″ plus and 29″ plus. In recent years the bike industry has introduced new wheel sizes back to back, sometimes confusing consumers what to choose for their use. Amongst other tweaks, Moseley’s bike runs 1x Di2 XTR with a 46t cassette at the rear, a Fox Float X shock and prototype Bontrager tyres.BIKE: Trek Stache 7 29+ 17.5 PRICE: $2600 You can read more about the new Slash in our first look article.Īlso on show was Trek Factory Racing rider Tracy Moseley and her stunning new Slash race bike. The transmission is none other than SRAM’s flagship Eagle 12-speed, meanwhile braking also comes from SRAM in the form of Guide Ultimate Carbon stoppers. This, the spendiest of two builds at £6,000 / US$9,000 pairs the Slash’s carbon frame to a Fox 36 TALAS fork and Factory Float X2 rear shock. All of this amounts to more stiffness and better tyre clearance. The frame is 1x specific, and rather than using Trek’s full-floater linkage, the shock is now mounted at the front triangle. With a 65-degree head angle this is a seriously slack bike. You only have to glance at that enormous new downtube, a part that actually manages to dwarf that of Trek’s Session downhill bike, to realise how serious this machine is. Picking up where the Remedy 29 left off, Trek’s new Slash is the company’s latest long-travel 29er. The new Slash 9.9 Race Shop Limited picks up where the old Remedy 29er left off Oliver Woodman / Immediate Media For 2017 there are also a couple of women-specific versions of the Remedy, one using a carbon frame and the other being an alloy version. This model is the spendiest of three alloy bikes, while two carbon Remedys sit above it. Other spec highlights include a Bontrager 780mm bar and 35mm stem and a 125mm version of Bontrager’s Drop Line dropper post and SRAM Guide RS brakes. Trek’s in-house brand Bontrager provides most of the finishing kit including the new 30mm wide Line Comp wheelset and SE4 Team Issue tyres, both of which should go tubeless with very little difficulty. The transmission consists entirely of SRAM’s X1 components. The rear end provides 150mm of travel through a Deluxe RT3 shock. Up front there’s a dual-position Rockshox Lyric RC, it’s boost spaced and offers either 160mm or 130mm of travel. ![]() Should the crown still hit the frame, the impact will be cushioned by two large rubberised sections. When you stack it, the alloy wedge snaps, taking the brunt of the force and preventing the crown from impacting the down tube at speed. The Remedy also gets Trek’s Knock Block system, which stops interaction between its fork and frame in a crash scenario through the use of a sacrificial alloy wedge that integrates below the upper headset cup. For 2017 there are also a couple of women-specific versions of the Remedy, one using a carbon frame and the other being an alloy version
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