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Confirmed 2012 Dates and Venues

Alpine Bikes – Glentress, Peebles. 22nd & 23rd Oct 2011 (mountain bike)

Live2Ride – Frome, Somerset. 30th Oct 2011 (mountain bike)

Rocky Mountain Cycles – Afan, S.Wales. 26th Feb (mountain bike)

Live2Ride – Frome, Somerset. 4th March (road)

Wheelbase - Staveley, Kendal. 24th & 25th March (mountain bike)

Rocky Mountain Cycles – Talbot Green, S.Wales. 31st March (road)

Alpine Bike – Aberdeen. 14th & 15th April (road and mountain)

Alpine Bikes – Glentress, Peebles. 21st & 22nd April (road and mountain)

Wheelbase – Staveley, Kendal. 28th & 29th April (road)

 

More dates being added all the time, stay tuned for more confirmed dates near you.

2012 Demo Bikes

Here’s the bike lineup for the 2012 season


Trek Fuel EX 9 and 9.8


The Fuel EX is the most versatile mountain bike in the Trek range. Whether you are a novice rider, or an avid trail junkie, there’s an EX for you. It blends the perfect combination of travel, geometry, and technology. The Trek demo fleet will have two versions of the EX for 2012, the OCLV Mountain EX 9.8, and the aluminium EX 9.

The Fuel EX 9.8  combines 120mm of travel and OCLV Mountain with Carbon Armour, with the proprietary DRCV shock and new DRCV Fork, as well as ABP convert pivot/dropout.

The EX 9 uses the same great technology features as its carbon cousin, but in an alloy frame.

Price: EX 9.8 £4000. EX 9 £2800

Sizes: 15.5, 17.5, 18.5, 19.5, 21.5 Travel: 120mm front and rear

Features: OCLV Mountain mainframe and OCLV Carbon seatstay and chainstay, Carbon Armour, DRCV fork & shock, tapered headtube, internal cable routing, ABP convert rear pivot/dropout, Full Floater.

Trek Remedy 9 and 9.8


Somewhere in the middle of the demand for climbing ability and more travel lies the Remedy. It’s made for riders who want to tackle relentless technical terrain, but might have to ride up a hill to get to it.

Similar to the Fuel EX, the 2012 Trek demo fleet will consist of two Remedy models: the all carbon 9.8, and its aluminum friend the Remedy 9.

Price: Remedy 9.8 £4300. Remedy 9 £3200

Sizes: 5.5, 17.5, 18.5, 19.5, 21.5

Travel: 150mm rear, 150mm front

Features: All new trail Geometry, Also a Mino link this year (this changes the head angle by +/- 0.5 a degree and raises/drops the bb height by 10mm) OCLV Mountain mainframe and OCLV Carbon seatstay and chainstay, Carbon Armour, DRCV fork & shock, tapered headtube, internal cable routing, ABP convert rear pivot/dropout, Full Floater, Stealth Reverb (9.8 & 9.9 only).

Slash 9

 

Brand new for 2012, here is the Slash. If you’re looking for a bike that pedals as well as Remedy but want to rip like you were on a Session, then this is the machine for you.

Designed and tested for the extremes of the Mega Avalanche, this is your go to bike for Enduro races.

Available in 3 Aluminium models, Slash 7 £2750, Slash 8 £3750 and the Slash 9 £4750

Sizes: 15.5, 17.5, 18.5, 19.5, 21.5

Travel: 160mm rear Kashima coat, 120mm-160mm Kashima travel adjust front

Features: Trail Geometry, Mino link (this changes the head angle by +/- 0.5 a degree and raises/drops the bb height by 10mm) DRCV shock, tapered headtube, internal cable routing, ABP convert rear pivot/dropout, Full Floater, Stealth Reverb.

 

Superfly 100 Elite


29ers have been around for a decade, and their popularity is growing around the world. The Superfly 100 combines big wheels with 110mm of travel for great control over the trail.

Price: £4500

Sizes: 15.5, 17.5, 19, 21, 23

Travel: 110mm rear 100mm front

Features: OCLV Carbon frame, Fisher Control Column MTB oversize hub and flanges, G2 geometry, ABP, E2 headtube.

 

Superfly Elite



29ers have been around for a decade, and their popularity is growing around the world. The Superfly combines big wheels with 100mm of travel for great control over the trail.

This is the ultimate speed machine, this bike climbs like no other but will be completely at home when pointing her down too.

Price: £3300

Sizes: 15.5, 17.5, 19, 21, 23

Travel: 100mm front

Features: OCLV Carbon frame, Fisher Control Column MTB oversize hub and flanges, G2 geometry, ABP, E2 headtube.

 

Rumblefish Pro



29ers have been around for a decade, and their popularity is growing around the world. The Rumblefish Pro combines big wheels with 120mm of travel for great control over the trail.

This bike is for those who are looking for all the benefits of a 29′er but are looking to ride on more challenging terrain and requiring that little extra travel.

Price: £3250

Sizes: 15.5, 17.5, 19, 21, 23

Travel: 120mm rear 120mm front Kashima

Features: Fisher Control Column MTB oversize hub and flanges, G2 geometry, ABP, E2 headtube.

 

The Demo Series – Laggan Wolftrax

So, this is it, it is already the final round of ‘The Demo Series‘!

This weekend (7th May, 10AM) is it, your last chance in 2011 to come out and test for yourselves the best bikes around!

  • Superfly Elite – 17.5
  • Superfly Elite – 19.5
  • Superfly 100 Elite – 17.5
  • Superfly 100 Elite – 19.5
  • EX 8 WSD – 14.5
  • EX 8 WSD – 16.5
  • EX 9 – 15.5
  • EX 9 – 18.5
  • EX 9 – 21.5
  • EX 9.9 – 17.5
  • EX 9.9 – 19.5
  • Remedy 9 – 15.5
  • Remedy 9 – 18.5
  • Remedy 9 – 21.5
  • Remedy 9.9 – 17.5
  • Remedy 9.9 – 19.5
  • Scratch Air 9 – 17.5
  • Scratch Air 9 – 19.5
  • Scratch Air 9 – 21.5
  • Scratch Coil 9 – 15.5
  • Scratch Coil 9 – 17.5
  • Scratch Coil 9 – 19.5

We look forward to seeing you there…

 

Grizedale Forest – The Demo Series

This weekend (Saturday 9th April) is yet another round of The Demo Series, this week we will be heading to Grizedale Forest in Ambleside.

We will be taking the following bikes:

  • Superfly Elite 19.5
  • Superfly 100 Elite 17.5
  • Superfly 100 Elite 19.5
  • EX 8 WSD 14.5
  • EX 8 WSD 16.5
  • EX 9  15.5
  • EX 9  18.5
  • EX 9  21.5
  • EX 9.9  17.5
  • EX 9.9  19.5
  • Remedy 9  15.5
  • Remedy 9  18.5
  • Remedy 9  21.5
  • Remedy 9.9  17.5
  • Remedy 9.9  19.5
  • Scratch Air 9  19.5
  • Scratch Air 9  21.5
  • Scratch 9  15.5
  • Scratch 9  17.5
  • Scratch 9  19.5

The weather is looking good and yet another great trail to ride.

We look forward to seeing you there!

BDS #1

British Downhill Series #1

This is it. This is my first ‘official’ race of the season. The winter training period had gone well and I felt strong on the bike. This race had seemed to come round very quick!

The track was held at Nant G – the very north point in Wales and we were right next to the beach. Just a shame this race wasn’t during the summer as it would have been amazing…! The first half of the track was very technical – rocky, rooty and tight and twisty with plenty of switch backs. The bottom section would remind you of a trail centre; flat and awkward with some jumps.

It took me a few runs to work the track out, once you lose your speed it’s hard to get going again and find a flow. I finished practice day feeling quietly confident and actually began to enjoy the track. It was certainly challenging and I enjoyed finally getting to grips with it. The track had dried out loads throughout the day and was pretty fast!

To say I was nervous for the race would have been an understatement. There was strong competition, it had pissed it down with rain the night before and was still raining so conditions were not ideal. My seeding run went well; I had taken it easy in a couple of places and finished in 1st place. Knowing I could better it.

The finals race was good at the top until I got to one section off balance and hit a root so I ended up hitting the deck. I got up relatively quickly and carried on. I crossed the line in 3rd place, which was still good considering. However, the speed is there now and I know I am on pace so I just need to hold it together and then magic will happen…

Jess….

 

1st Manon Carpenter

2nd Fionn Griffiths

3rd Jess Stone

4th Katy Curd

5th Emily Horridge

 

Cannock Chase Demo

This Saturday 26th March, is round 4 of The Demo Series, we will be at Cannock Chase with a whole load of bikes.

 

This is YOUR chance to come and test the best bikes in the biz.

This weekend we will be taking:-

  • Paragon 19.5
  • Paragon 21.5
  • Superfly Elite 17.5
  • Superfly 100 Elite 17.5
  • Superfly 100 Elite 19.5
  • Top Fuel 9.8  17.5
  • Top Fuel 9.8  18.5
  • Top Fuel 9.8  19.5
  • EX 8 WSD 14.5
  • EX 8 WSD 16.5
  • EX 9  15.5
  • EX 9  18.5
  • EX 9  21.5
  • EX 9.9  17.5
  • EX 9.9  19.5
  • Remedy 9  15.5
  • Remedy 9  18.5
  • Remedy 9  21.5
  • Remedy 9.9  17.5
  • Remedy 9.9  19.5

The weather is looking good and the trails are riding great. It promises to be a fantastic day out and we all look forward to seeing you there.

Remember to bring along your 2 forms of ID and your helmet.

Demo Series – Afan

Round 3 of The Demo Series at Glyncorwg, Afan took place this last weekend, it was another great event.

Lots of great bikes, great trails and great people.

The notorious Welsh weather even held off for us and the sun was shining throughout the day, which brought lots of happy bikers to come and try out some of the best bikes in the business.

We took along  a large variety of bikes, from Fuel EX 8 WSD all the way to Session 88′s and all bikes went out onto the Welsh dirt and saw some good riding.

 

Look forward to seeing you all in 2 weeks at Cannock Chase (Saturday 26th March)

New Fuel EX & Remedy Websites

The latest micro sites for the Fuel EX and Remedy have just gone live.

As well as some polished images and video to drool over the site is an open resource for everything you need to know about the bikes.

Indepth tech information behind every acronym and feature is up there. Learn the true meaning of OCLV, ABP, DRCV, E2, BB95 in easy to follow tech speak.

There are quick glance comparison charts to let you compare the range and instructional videos on how to correctly setup the suspension. You can even download a wallpaper of your favourite ride.

If you own or are just looking this is the one-stop-shop for everything you ever wanted to know about the Fuel EX and Remedy .

We’ll be taking these bikes on the British Mountain Bike Demo Series and many of our dealers will run a demo fleet near you, check out the demo locator for you nearest ride.

Freeride Camp 2010

Last week saw the latest carnation of our dealer ride camp, Freeride Camp. As you can guess, it was a chance for our dealers to ride the longer travel full suspension platforms in an environment they were designed for. Historically we usually go to a venue that boasts the best and most demanding XC in the country but with Trek now adding a new Freeride bike, the Sctatch, we figured it was time to up the anti and go for full on DH tacks!

We decided on two venues, Cwmcarn and Ae Forest, not only because of their great DH trails but because they have some great facilities and knowing it was most likely to be cold and wet in November a welcoming cafe serving big food was a must. Boy are we glad of those cafes!

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With Jez and I coming down with a good dose of flu, the bikes arrived and we battled our way through the huge pile of shiny bikes, prepping them all for the event ahead. One all done they looked great, it was heart breaking to thing of the punishment our dealers were going to give these bikes. The first rides of their lives were going to be wet, gritty and flat out! All the wile we were keeping our eye on weather reports, and they weren’t looking good, gales and floods seemed to be the theme, oh well, we were committed now with our dealers already invited.

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Once arrived and set up at Cwmcarn we started to worry that the gales might have put our dealers off coming but no, there they were, on time and kitted up ready to hit the hill and push our bikes to the limit. A brief tech presentation about the new product got the guys up to speed and upped the excitement of the riders, so much so that once outside they couldn’t wait for the uplift and decided to push up for the first run. Heres where the new Sctatch came into its own, they guys could pedal it up the push path but still rip the DH course every bit as fast as the session! Of course thats whats the bike is designed to do and thats what they’ve been told in the training, but some things just cant be believed until you’ve seen it with your own eyes. Maybe it should have been called Ronseal, it does exactly what it says on the tin! (US guys, go google it!)

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The revised Remedy was also a subject of lots of discussion and surprise. The fans of Remedy were very unsure of the changes Trek made to the 2010 bike (moving to a 150 travel 32mm stantion fork). After a few pedals up the trails and then down again those worries were quickly replaced with confidence in and even more capable and useable bike. The new carbon Remedy was equally well received with the OCLV carbon armor standing up to a few runs down the DH trails in the hands of Dirts Steve Jones.

With two days of gales over with and a few banners and flags lost in the winds we packed up and headed to Ae forest in Scotland, no wind here, but did it rain some what. Despite two months worth of rain in one day and a particular puddle that came up to the bars opinions of the bikes were the same as in wales; Fantastic bikes that do exactly what they are designed to do and do it better than anything else out there. Nice.

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So, now when you go into a Trek dealer you know the staff not only have the training but also the experience of riding these bikes in an environment and conditions that push them to the limit, if they say how well a Trek rides, they say it with experience!

A big thanks to all the shop staff who turned up in the foul weather and everyone from uplifts, forestry and the cafes who helped make a smooth running event. We’ll be back next year!