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2008 Trek Session

Saturday, April 19, 2008

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2008 Trek Session

Trek ushered all of the UK journos into a prefab VW garage at the Sea Otter to unveil their latest bike. It's a 200mm frame platform that contains nearly every acronym and catchphrase they make. It has an E2 tapered headtube, an EVO-Link, Full Floater suspension and an Active Braking Pivot... Fortunately, after all that, it actually looks fantastic and a bike we're keen to get to play on soon.

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Klein: Back from the Dead

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

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Klein: Back from the Dead

What most folks didn’t hear during all this buzz was the word Klein. That’s right Klein is coming back to the states. Just when Trek was pushing out the last old stock of Klein from their warehouses they decide the flip the switch back to on “On.”

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2008 Trek Fuel EX - R1i Tuned Suspension

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

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2008 Trek Fuel EX - R1i Tuned Suspension

The EVO Link is a one piece rocker link that Trek claims is 35% stiffer and 15% lighter than the conventional bolt together linkages. They are also able to make it out of several different materials. I really like the idea of having a one piece rocker arm, but it will be interesting to see if the numbers they claim are accurate.

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