For general trail centre duties and well used rocky tracks they do a great job, seemingly both grippy and fast rolling. How about those tyres? I suspect that in the US, where we in the UK assume the weather is always dry, the Chupacabras are an awesome choice. This required a little bounce to get it to return, however once I had worked this out it wasn't a big problem, again most likely caused by winter filth. Similarly, the seatpost, while it did the job, did seem a little quirky and every now and then it became stuck at the bottom.
#Stache 7 review manuals#
It ain't half playful! This little blighter wants to have a laugh on the trails, that tight back end begs to be for manuals and it likes hopping over any and everything your skill will let you, while the voluminous tyres take the sting out of general trail chatter.īraking has been exemplary, as you would expect from the venerable XT’s, they did get a bit squeaky in the wet, but in the real world what brakes don't a little? The transmission was OK I did have to adjust it a couple of times, but to be fair that came as little surprise in the filth of a UK winter. This may be partly down to perception though which I will come back to later. It pedals a lot better than I expected, and I would go as far as saying it's downright rapid, in part no doubt to a combination of the aforementioned low weight and those Chupacabra tyres. The first observation would have to be ‘wow!’. It has sampled everything from mountain tops, valley trails and the mud/root combination so beloved of many riders currently, all of which give very different experiences of this strangely versatile beast. I have ridden the Stache in as many different environments as my local area can afford. I guess that's how I ended up with this steed, but I do like my bikes to be capable of fun too, which a quick inspection of the Trek website suggested that the Stache should be more than capable of delivering. No, it's not quite a “proper” fat bike, but it has definitely got its foot jammed firmly in the door, doing its damnedest to make the most of this peculiar breeds good points while retaining some small modicum of normality.Īt this point, I should confess to a slight reputation for liking unusual bikes being an early adopter of 29ers, albeit in a single speed guise. 'Oh my God what is that thing?', I guess that would be most people's reaction too. Finally, the wheels are DT Swiss 350 boost hubs front and rear built onto SUN Ringlé Mulefüt rims shod with Bontrager Chupacabra tubeless ready tyres.
#Stache 7 review pro#
All this combined with an air sprung Manitou Magnum 34 Pro fork, gives a hint of what this bike might want to do. The seating and cockpit are provided by the ever-present Bontrager, the standout being the excellent Rhythm Pro Carbon bars, and dropper duty is looked after by the internally routed KS eThirty Integra seatpost. Power delivery is taken care of with a SRAM X1 drivetrain, and stopping capabilities are handled with Shimano XT brakes. Now the Stache 9 is a great looking creature, a hardtail frame built from Trek’s highest grade of aluminium, with plenty of fancy looking hydroforming going into keeping it both impressively light and strong.
#Stache 7 review plus#
Perhaps one of the more niche combinations is in the form of the 29er plus option, and here we have Trek's take on the plus sized big wheeler.
The world of wheel sizes and widths is no longer simple, not only do we now have three 'standard' wheel sizes, the advent of 'plus' sized tyres and fat bikes have given us a multitude of wheel and tyre options.
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