Trek is a keen sponsor of the British Mountain Bike Series and with it, the British Mountain Bike Demo Series.

Join Wayne, Jez and the crew at the demo events to try out some of the best bikes on the planet; at each round, a varying range of bikes will be offered for demo, from the XC whippet Elite to the more gravity orientated Scratch and all bikes in between. For a full list of which bikes will make star appearances at which events

We’ll have our complete range of 2010 bikes available for the demo series but they will be tailored to event location.

Bikes available are OCLV Elite hardtails, aluminium and carbon Top fuels; carbon Fuel EXs and carbon Remedys for the cross country courses.

We will also be rolling out the all new Scratch Coil and Sessions for the down

hill focuses events.

(NB Models and sizes available subject to change without notice)

Dates and loacations run in conjunction with the British Mountain Bike Series:

• Mar 27/28 Sherwood Pines, British XC1 + Nightrider 6 + night demo
• May 8/9 Porridge Pot Hill, British XC2 + Are You Tough Enough enduro
• May 29/30 Margam Park, British XC3 + Big Welsh Weekend enduro
• July 3/4 Dalby Forest, British XC4 + Great Yorkshire enduro
• Sep 25/26 Newnham Park, British XC5 + Newnham 60 enduro

For further details check out the British Mountain Bike Demo Series website.

The demo itself will be held at the Buzzards nest car park at the top of Glentress, near Peebles, Scotland.  A 20 minute demo loop will be set out allowing you to try out plenty of bikes back to back and the freeride park is available for those of you on big bikes.  The bikes themselves will be available on a first come first serve basis and bookings will not be taken.  You will be required to have a passport/driving licence as deposit while your out riding and all riders must be over 18. Proper safety equipment must be worn, a helmet and appropriate cycling attire is the minimum with full body protection recommended if you’re riding on the freeride park.  You will be liable for any loss or damage made through miss use.

Trek Bikes available:-

Fuel EX 9 – 15.5″, 17.5″, 18.5″, 19.5″, 21.5″

Fuel EX 9.9 – 17.5″, 18.5″, 19.5″

Remedy 8 – 15.5″, 17.5″, 18.5″, 19.5″, 21.5″

Remedy 9.9 – 17.5″, 18.5″, 19.5″

Scratch 9 – 15.5″, 17.5″, 19.5″, 21.5″

Session 88 – 15.5″, 17.5″, 19.5″

Gary Fisher Bikes available:-

Superfly 100 – 15.5″, 17.5″, 19″, 21″

Rumblefish II – 15.5″, 17.5″, 19″, 21″

Roscoe III – 15.5″, 17.5″, 19″, 21″

A 20 minute demo loop will be set out allowing you to try out plenty of bikes back to back.  The bikes themselves will be available on a first come first serve basis and bookings will not be taken.  You will be required to have a passport/driving license as deposit while your out riding and all riders must be over 18. Proper safety equipment must be worn, a helmet and appropriate cycling attire is the minimum with full body protection recommended if you’re riding on the freeride park.  You will be liable for any loss or damage made through miss use.

Trek Bikes available:-

Elite 9.9 – 15.5″, 17.5″, 18.5″, 19.5″, 21.5″

Top Fuel 9 – 15.5″, 17.5″, 18.5″, 19.5″, 21.5″

Top Fuel 9.8 – 17.5″, 18.5″, 19.5″

Fuel EX 9 – 15.5″, 17.5″, 18.5″, 19.5″, 21.5″

Fuel EX 9.9 – 17.5″, 18.5″, 19.5″

A 20 minute demo loop will be set out allowing you to try out plenty of bikes back to back.  The bikes themselves will be available on a first come first serve basis and bookings will not be taken.  You will be required to have a passport/driving licence as deposit while your out riding and all riders must be over 18. Proper safety equipment must be worn, a helmet and appropriate cycling attire is the minimum with full body protection recommended if you’re riding on the freeride park.  You will be liable for any loss or damage made through miss use.

Trek Bikes available:-

Top Fuel 9 – 15.5″, 17.5″, 18.5″, 19.5″, 21.5″

Top Fuel 9.8 – 17.5″, 18.5″, 19.5″

Fuel EX 9 – 15.5″, 17.5″, 18.5″, 19.5″, 21.5″

Fuel EX 9.9 – 17.5″, 18.5″, 19.5″

Remedy 8 – 15.5″, 17.5″, 18.5″, 19.5″, 21.5″

Remedy 9.9 – 17.5″, 18.5″, 19.5″

A 20 minute demo loop will be set out allowing you to try out plenty of bikes back to back.  The bikes themselves will be available on a first come first serve basis and bookings will not be taken.  You will be required to have a passport/driving licence as deposit while your out riding and all riders must be over 18. Proper safety equipment must be worn, a helmet and appropriate cycling attire is the minimum with full body protection recommended if you’re riding on the freeride park.  You will be liable for any loss or damage made through miss use.

Trek Bikes available:-

Elite 9.9 – 15.5″, 17.5″, 18.5″, 19.5″, 21.5″

Top Fuel 9 – 15.5″, 17.5″, 18.5″, 19.5″, 21.5″

Top Fuel 9.8 – 17.5″, 18.5″, 19.5″

Fuel EX 9 – 15.5″, 17.5″, 18.5″, 19.5″, 21.5″

Fuel EX 9.9 – 17.5″, 18.5″, 19.5″

A 20 minute demo loop will be set out allowing you to try out plenty of bikes back to back.  The bikes themselves will be available on a first come first serve basis and bookings will not be taken.  You will be required to have a passport/driving licence as deposit while your out riding and all riders must be over 18. Proper safety equipment must be worn, a helmet and appropriate cycling attire is the minimum with full body protection recommended if you’re riding on the freeride park.  You will be liable for any loss or damage made through miss use.

Trek Bikes available:-

Top Fuel 9 – 15.5″, 17.5″, 18.5″, 19.5″, 21.5″

Top Fuel 9.8 – 17.5″, 18.5″, 19.5″

Fuel EX 9 – 15.5″, 17.5″, 18.5″, 19.5″, 21.5″

Fuel EX 9.9 – 17.5″, 18.5″, 19.5″

Remedy 8 – 15.5″, 17.5″, 18.5″, 19.5″, 21.5″

Remedy 9.9 – 17.5″, 18.5″, 19.5″

A 20 minute demo loop will be set out allowing you to try out plenty of bikes back to back.  The bikes themselves will be available on a first come first serve basis and bookings will not be taken.  You will be required to have a passport/driving licence as deposit while your out riding and all riders must be over 18. Proper safety equipment must be worn, a helmet and appropriate cycling attire is the minimum with full body protection recommended if you’re riding on the freeride park.  You will be liable for any loss or damage made through miss use.

Bikes available:-

TBA, 2011 bikes should be available for this event but are as yet unannounced.

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!

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.

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!)

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.

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!

This year sees the addition of a budget spec Session 8 running the exact same frame as the awesome Session 88, making the Session the perfect choice for budding down hillers and world champions alike. With 8” of travel ABP really comes into its own, that coupled with custom tuned Fox DHX RC4 shock fitted to Full Floater makes a fast sprinting DH bike that’s still extremely active, even under heavy braking. Its also one of the lightest DH bikes out there!

Did you know, ABP gets more effective as the travel increases?  Test ride a Scratch to feel what ABP is all about.

Remedy 8 and the Remedy 9.9 OCLV can be test ridden at a Trek demo event.

The Remedy is a do it all and more bike.

Like the Top Fuel and Remedy, The EX is available in Ali and US-made OCLV carbon flavors with a choice of spec including the new proprietary DRCV shock on the EX8 and above. The Trek demo fleet features the EX 8 and EX 9.9 below.

Why EX? In 2005 an ‘extreme’ version of the Fuel evolved, hence, Fuel EX.

There is aluminum and all american OCLV frame options along with two choices of sepc on each so there’ll be Top Fuel to suit your needs and budget.  The Top Fuel 9 and the Top Fuel 9.8 (pictured below) are featured on the Trek Demo Fleet.

A bit of trivia for us UK residents, ‘Top Fuel’ is the name for high octane drag racing in the USA so makes the perfect name for the fastest version of the original Trek Fuel from Trek full suspension past.