dewaldsss Posted May 25, 2019 Posted May 25, 2019 Anyone else saw Cooper riding one of these new Trek XC dual suspensions?After the launch of the new top fuel this should be the new xc dual race bikeWonder when the reveal will be....
BaGearA Posted May 25, 2019 Posted May 25, 2019 Soft tail like the new ghost or shock mounts into the top tube with a high leverage design which will be disappointing
BikeisLife Posted May 25, 2019 Posted May 25, 2019 Think Trek are a bit confused though. 2 bottles cages on their xc bike and 1 cage on their Marthon bike.
dewaldsss Posted May 25, 2019 Author Posted May 25, 2019 100mm on the front, 25mm on the rear.I like this....now they just need to launch this thing already
DieselnDust Posted May 25, 2019 Posted May 25, 2019 July apparently.But it's 50mm at the back isn't it?
Christie Posted May 25, 2019 Posted May 25, 2019 This could be the perfect marathon bike for a lot of regions in SA if it has 50mm shock travel.
dewaldsss Posted May 25, 2019 Author Posted May 25, 2019 July apparently.But it's 50mm at the back isn't it?any more info on this?Article link maybe?
OnTheRicky Posted May 25, 2019 Posted May 25, 2019 This could be the perfect marathon bike for a lot of regions in SA if it has 50mm shock travel.Mind explaining this? 50mm as apposed to? And what would you say the travel up front should be 100/120mm?
Christie Posted May 25, 2019 Posted May 25, 2019 A lot of marathons run on district dirt roads, forestry roads, game/cattle paths and manicured singletrack. When I lived in GP, I rode a hardtail, and it was fast and awesome, but something to take the sting of the odd bit of roots or rocks would have been great. I still have it, but have added a 140mm trail bike for Stellenbosch area. But this Trek would also be great for the Grabouw and Hermanus trails.
DieselnDust Posted May 25, 2019 Posted May 25, 2019 any more info on this?Article link maybe?  No unfortunately I don't have more than what i got from a mate in the US.Trek is bringing out a new XCO bike with 50-75mm rear wheel travel and 100mm up front sub 10kg with a Elite build and even lighter with a Pro build.Ttwo bottle cage mounts and its not like a conventional XCO bike, And to be launched around July. When they showed the top fuel it clearly wasn't unconventional. This new bikeBikeisLife posted more in line with the description I got.Details we need to wait for but it looks very interesting. I guess they're really trying hard to make a Great Trek again
dewaldsss Posted May 25, 2019 Author Posted May 25, 2019 https://www.mountainbike-magazin.de/news/bikes-parts/trek-xc-bike-softtail-oder-fully.2031592.2.htm
Headshot Posted May 25, 2019 Posted May 25, 2019 Might as well just ride a HT with a dropper post. Probably handle the downs better than this thing. Remember that they are testing this in XCO which is more like enduro than marathon. ;-)
DieselnDust Posted May 25, 2019 Posted May 25, 2019 https://bikerumor.com/2019/05/25/spy-shots-trek-short-travel-xc-mtb-race-prototype-whats-higher-than-top-fuel/
PhilipV Posted May 26, 2019 Posted May 26, 2019 Might as well just ride a HT with a dropper post. Probably handle the downs better than this thing. Remember that they are testing this in XCO which is more like enduro than marathon. ;-)How will make a dropper post provide some respite on rough bits? Or improve traction? Have you done an XCO race recently? Or in the last decade?
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