The new Remedy is THE 6" travel bike for '08. Here's the deal. The downtube that Dale was asking about is designed like this for two reason. One, it makes for a stronger weld with more contact area with the bottom bracket. Two, the shock has two floating mounts, Trek calls it the full floater. The design allows for a more linear air spring curve allowing Trek to use a air shock where you would usually want a coil over. Gone is the 1.5" full length headtube. The Remedy now uses a 1.5" lower bearing and a 1.125 upper bearing. You keep all the benefits of 1.5" strength, but now you can use standard stems and save the weight of a 1.5" upper. So much weight savings that this thing comes in a 28lbs.!!! No chair lift? No problem. Plus it just looks EPIC!!!
The GF Superfly 29...what can be said, it's light and it's fast. So light, that this is the lightest hardtail fram Fisher has ever produced. Rumor is, stock bike off the floor is 22.5 lbs. I got to take it out for a lap on Trek's testing grounds. The G2 geometry rides like you're on rails. It wasn't as smooth as my Ferrous, but more comfortable than the new aluminum Paragon. Exceleration and stiffness were awesome.
The Rig not only looks sweet in biege and brown, but it too gets a G2 geometry Fox upgrade. Eccentric BB still, but the drop out tab can be swapped out to accomadate a derailleur for those trips to the higher altitudes.
And then there's the Simple City. I'm in love with this bike. Under $600, internal 3 speed for 7 speed rear hub. Optional basket. Chain guard. Full wrap fenders. And kilos lighter than it's euro counterpart.
The new Remedy is THE 6" travel bike for '08. Here's the deal. The downtube that Dale was asking about is designed like this for two reason. One, it makes for a stronger weld with more contact area with the bottom bracket. Two, the shock has two floating mounts, Trek calls it the full floater. The design allows for a more linear air spring curve allowing Trek to use a air shock where you would usually want a coil over. Gone is the 1.5" full length headtube. The Remedy now uses a 1.5" lower bearing and a 1.125 upper bearing. You keep all the benefits of 1.5" strength, but now you can use standard stems and save the weight of a 1.5" upper. So much weight savings that this thing comes in a 28lbs.!!! No chair lift? No problem. Plus it just looks EPIC!!!
The GF Superfly 29...what can be said, it's light and it's fast. So light, that this is the lightest hardtail fram Fisher has ever produced. Rumor is, stock bike off the floor is 22.5 lbs. I got to take it out for a lap on Trek's testing grounds. The G2 geometry rides like you're on rails. It wasn't as smooth as my Ferrous, but more comfortable than the new aluminum Paragon. Exceleration and stiffness were awesome.
The Rig not only looks sweet in biege and brown, but it too gets a G2 geometry Fox upgrade. Eccentric BB still, but the drop out tab can be swapped out to accomadate a derailleur for those trips to the higher altitudes.
And then there's the Simple City. I'm in love with this bike. Under $600, internal 3 speed for 7 speed rear hub. Optional basket. Chain guard. Full wrap fenders. And kilos lighter than it's euro counterpart.
5 comments:
Isn't the superfly the lightest hardtail frame in the whole Trek family?
That's what they say...and it sure is the sexiest big wheel I've seen to date!
That Simple City is a direct rip-off of a Kogswell, even down to the color!
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