NoirBiker01

Pinkbike forums says I'd need eccentric spacers to fit certain shocks. The sizing of the shock is 197x57, hard to find modern shocks with that sizing me thinks. RS made a non Re:activ damper shock for the bike in 2015/16 but extremely difficult to come across in SA. Had the shock recently fully rebuilt by Cogent industries and it's been buttery smooth.

So I got back into mountain biking last year having stopped since 2014. I got myself what I can only say a very nice do it all full sus. A 2015 Trek remedy 27.5 with 150mm front and 140mm rear travel. I've enjoyed the bike quite a lot but two main issues among others, 1st is Trek's proprietary DRCV Re:activ shock and 2nd is the non boost frame. It has become very apparent that there's little to no options for future upgrades. With some of you guys having a wealth of experience in mountain biking, would you say it's better I keep the bike and stay up rest with maintaining and replacing its already aging parts(some are proving very hard to find) or should I get a newer bike with modern geo and current standards. At what point does it get too expensive to keep an older bike with older standards and proprietary parts V.S buying a newer much more expensive modern bike with current standards and unlimited future upgrade options?

I must say his name has a striking resemblance to a well known con artist but with far more heinous crimes known as Thabo Bester... Taun Bewsher 🤷🏼‍♂️

Yes as everyone has stated, the Stumpjumper epic evo, THE trail bike to rule them all. I thought my 150mm front, 140mm rear Trek remedy 27.5 was the be-all and end-all trail bike but God that 2023/4 Stumpie is something else, so much adjustability on that frame it'll turn from an epic climber into an epic descender/shredder. Edit: grammar

I had a meh buying experience recently, although the sale was not directly from bike hub but the ad was through bikehub. The bike had an initial price advertised, a week later the price was around R4k less, so naturally I sprung in on the sale as it was a bike I really loved. The price for what the bike is, was honestly a bargain bar the fairly old and proprietary Trek suspension. So I pay for the bike and fetch it on a Sunday, big mistake I made was not to check if all the components were as advertised on the pictures and condition report. Dropper replaced for an old seatpost, saddle replaced with what I can say a very old and not well taken Spez one. At first I thought hey maybe that's the reason why the price dropped significantly but this was never mentioned to me during the sale and also I never asked. A day later I make an enquiry about it and would have to wait for almost 3 weeks before it could get sorted. At least they admitted to their mistake if you will, but my point was there was no communication that please note the price dropped and certain components are no longer on the bike.

Recently got back to mountain biking with a 2015 Trek remedy 27.5, it's been an awesome bike so far, I mostly gravitate towards downhill gnarly trails and this just takes it. 150mm front and 140mm rear travel is all I need.