I've had the 9.5 for 4 months and have about the same mileage on it. I ride mostly in the desert, no wet conditions. The bike has been outstanding. I have put a Fox 36 160 mm on front and a Fox X2 on the rear. The paint has held up very good. Cheers!
I got one 2 weeks ago. Killer bike. I had a YT Decoy and while you give up the zero effort power of the Shimano motor, the power on the Trek is still plenty to get up just about anything. I've also tried a Specialized Levo SL and that bike did not have enough power for me. This this is IMO the sweet spot. Being in the US where e-bikes aren't treated so friendly the stealth factor is key and another reason why I prefer this over a full power bike.
I have a Rise, and although I really like it if I were to buy a new ebike today I'd go for the Exe. The Rise is great but it has a few problems. Backend is a noodle, motor is very loud and cockpit is nowhere as clean as the Exe because of the integrated display. Have fun with the bike, it looks amazing.
If you want to run a mullet set up, try flipping the Mino Link into the high position to raise the BB height, if you want to balance it out even more, run a 160 fork in the front.
Great review. IVE had a 9.8 for 8 months now and over 1000k riding….. had to have the rear XT cassette replaced but the bike is an amazing ride… love it!
Same buddy, love this bike and to be fair to that TQ motor, mines working as well as the day I got it 👍👊 I genuinely forget it’s an e bike when I ride it
Thanks for the comment buddy 👍 I sold the bike a month ago, so had it for almost two years, sold to a mate who is loving it 👌 Great bike, only sold it for funds towards something different 👍
Nice review and sweet riding and terrain, looks amazing. I have same bike, about 6 weeks in and 200 miles or so of demanding trail and love the bike as well. I did however not fully get along with same shock, fine on DH jump flow lines, but a but too rough for me on any mixed terrain (roots, rocks). So swapped shock out and went 160 fork up front and bike more comfortable to ride. Amazed dropper still good, mine when stiff and slow mo just three rides in so replaced with longer, more reliable post. For long controller cable, i have mine braided with the dropper cable that keeps it tidy and out of the way. Only thing missing is range extender that I hope to get sometime soon. Other than that, I think Trek killed it with this bike
Thanks for the comments, glad you’re so stoked on the bike also 🤙 Yeah, I have a spare dropper that’s a bit better but waiting for the stock on the fail, it hasn’t so I’m leaving it until it does! The shock is the next thing I want to change. Great minds… 👍
Good video, eyeing one up myself. Any comments on battery range and what sort of length ride you can expect to get out of it (I know it varies on terrain etc).
Thanks for the comment, range is a weakness unless you’re careful with power, so using the full power will reduce your range a lot, but using the mid power or eco will triple your range. Nowhere near the range or power of a full fat also if you’re used to those 👍
Battery seemed to drain a bit quicker in the proper cold. I don’t really track the elevation/km, reckon 3000-4000ft on a full charge using full power for the steep stuff but keeping in mid power otherwise. Definitely not a battery for all day epics.
Thanks fellow rider 👍 The pedals are up to you, not included, so you get to choose how wide they are 👍👍 If you mean the width of the cranks/bottom bracket, feels and rides like a normal MTB 👌
Great video, mate! i have been thinking about the Fuel EXe and one question that came into my mind just now is about the motor activation speed when going through rough terrain and rocky/exposed roots tech areas up hill. How does it activate? There are moments when you let the bike roll and suddenly you need the max traction to climb things. How is it efficiency on such moments? Thanks
It’s a really natural feeling motor, the power is always there, no surging or overrun, feels like you have stronger legs more than a motor 👍 Not that powerful compared to some, but very natural feeling, you’ll forgot it’s an e-bike and just climb easier than normal!
since I first saw this bike in a review, I'm in love. its my dreambike and I hope I can afford it some time in the next years. I love the yellow one, but your color looks really nice too. And I gotta say, it looks even sexier with the high rise bar. What can you say about battery life and range? do you have a range extender for longer tours?
The bike is so good, I enjoy it more now over a year on 👌 battery life and range are okay, just depends on how you use the power, I don’t have the range extender as I’m fortunate to have another full fat e bike so I use that whenever range is needed. Compared to a non e bike, you’ll still crush it, but you’ll then forget it is an e bike when sending the trails down 🫡👍
There is no mention on any review how tiring this bike is to ride uphill. High cadence is required to get the torque from this motor. The support and power is very reliant on rider input. Compared to the Specialized Kenevo SL this bike is very tiring to ride uphill especially on steeper trails. The Trek is slightly faster uphill than the KSL but the rider will have to acclimatise to the input required especially if they have been used to other ebikes. It has an interesting type of torque and power measurement. The Fuel handles well on the descents. After a ride on a friends Trek I quickly gave it back in favour of my KSL as the uphill was too tiring.
Thanks for your comments and adding balance to the review. I’ve never ridden the KSL so can’t compare the two, and because I’ve spent years climbing on a non e bike, I guess any kind of assistance feels amazing! For me personally the downhill performance of an e bike is more important than the uphill performance, and I realise this is counter intuitive, but again, I’ve spent years putting the effort in with my legs to enjoy a good descent so assistance getting up is more a bonus to allow me to go down more, but the enjoyment of the ride down is the bigger priority, for me at least. To be fair I’m sure the KSL descends well also, I was looking at those but the only one I could find available was the £10k top spec model and the Trek was £3k cheaper so that did help a bit 😂👍
@@ForestMountainBiker Cheers.I understand where your coming from. It's horses for courses. The KSL is more DH orientated than the Trek. With a Zeb upfront it handles everything I used to ride with my V10.. If you are used to a non ebike the Trek will feel great. Any bike that makes the uphills fun and give you more DH is a big plus. My friend whose Trek I tried has a KSL also that he uses bike park and DH and theTrek for more X country riding. We both have full powered ebikes that we use for bigger hills and longer missions.
Barry, I'm surprised to hear that, other people comparing the Levo SL and the Exe have found the Exe to have more power on the steeper climbs, as you would expect with 50NM of Torque vs 35NM on the LevoSL and KenevoSL. I have a friend with a LevoSL and he did a short steep climb on my Exe and said it had more power. I assume the LevoSL and the KenevoSL have identical power output? The Exe comes from the factory with the max power mode detuned to I believe 200 watts to extend the battery life, you have to use the phone app to boost it up to the full 300 watts the motor can do. Do you know if your friend did that? If not, that would account for your experience.
Ordered my 9.7 exe size large last week. I am 178 cm tall. How tall are you? What size is your bike? Did you install the the shorter stem and riser bar to shorten the reach? I am concerned reach will be too long for me and I was thinking of doing exactly what you did with the stem and handlebar. Please let me know how you feel about the reach and stack. Thanks.
I’m 6 foot and also have the large 9.7. I just prefer a shorter stem and slightly wider bars so changed them to a 35mm length stem and 800mm wide bars, I prefer the ride and reach feels better for me. Hope this helps 👍
don't have this bike but tried it in store and bike does feels larger, I'm 189cm and L seemed all right. I usually go with XL but store did not have XL so could not compare
The range isn’t that great, and it’s down to you as much as the bike in a way. Can get a range extender. I wouldn’t buy this bike for range and power though, get a full fat for that 👍
Fair, I went for the second cheapest model, the top spec is twice as much as mine! It is crazy money, the only thing I would say is I enjoy riding my bike way more than driving my car 👍
I really love my slash in terms of riding but I have the same Problem with the paintwork. Maybe it is just the gloss finished frames. Even smaller stones or dropped tools cause the paint to flake off
Oh shit I was about to pay 600$ more to have the all black frame instead of this black/grey one.... do you know now if its only the glossy frames or they all do this??? 😢
I took mine out on the first ride over a week ago. Had an error message that left it disabled about 2 miles from home. At least from the experience, i now know how it would feel if I ran out of battery power in the middle of ride. It did go through my mind about buying unproven technology, but did it anyway. This bike is so new Trek's locale shop wasn't prepared our equipped to address error problems presented. Ended up they ordered another new bike from another location. Btw, I did enjoyed the hell out the bike on the 4 miles I got to ride. ERR 5403 and 0496.
I had the same concerns about the new tech, sorry to hear about your experience also, that must be so annoying! Hope you get your replacement soon. I’m still nervous that when something goes wrong with the electrics/motor I’ll have to wait ages to have it fixed! Hope you’re sending on yours again real soon 👍
@@ForestMountainBiker Thanks! Yeah, I was just thinking of the potential to ride it without the battery installed to save weight and then after a few loops and back at the car...pop the battery in and get another couple of loops in assisted. This means, it can be ridden without the extra 4 lbs of the battery which is huge for me. Thanks
Hi I’ve just purchased the 9.8 xt build, when I turned of the motor I felt it lagged a bit when peddling, have you had this issue at all ? Bike dealer told me that it feels just like a normal bike even without the motor being on.
Nice build 👌 I haven’t noticed any lag with the motor off, mine rides like a normal bike with no power, definitely look into that while under warranty my friend 👍
And what about The range? Is the battery big enough for a full day ride? And if the battery is off, can u feel the difference (do u feel that the bike is heavier, etc?)
Range isn’t great compared to bigger battery/motor e bikes, that’s the trade off. Couple of hours of full power shredding, 3000 -4000 feet. You’d need the range extender and keep to mid/eco power only to get a full day riding 👍
@ForestMountainBiker can you ride the Trek Fuel EXE with motor turned off? does the Trek Fuel EXE also have an app (phone) to change the motor settings? how do you feel about the 50 NM is it enough? have you thought about buying a orbea rise m10 or m20 with 60 NM?
Yeah, can ride just like a normal bike with motor off. You can adjust power on the Trek app also, really easy to use. The 50nm is enough for me, compared to non e bikes it’s still a huge difference. Keen on the Orbea, mates got one and seems similar, great bike also, the Fuel takes to a mullet better I think so that influenced me 👍
Forest of Dean is south west so not very local for you, but definitely worth a trip if you can manage it. If you can time it so it’s been dry for a while you’ll have a lot more fun 👍
@@ForestMountainBiker ah I didn't realise it was FOD, been on my list for a couple of years, just always end up in Wales or Scotland if I have to travel far 😂 I hear theres a lot of pedaling there 👀
Guess I need to go faster! 😅 That’s what the app shows (screenshot on the thumbnail) maybe the 99 hours is how long it’s been turned on for? Good point tho. I’d like to think I average more than 5km/hour on the down bits at least but they say numbers don’t lie…
@@ForestMountainBiker yeah that must be it, I bet you average more. It’s just that Trek usually goes by hours for the maintenance intervals. Bosch ebike app just shows me the km I have done. Not so much the time. I average about 20kmu. Have fun with the bike!
I would like to... downgrade from Trek Rail.... but I'm a tall and heavy OLD guy... afraid to not have enough battery to complete my runs... did you compare it with a FullPower ebike?
@@gnarlyification Nice channel name btw 👌 I preferred the light weight/silent motor concept and any motor assistance feels awesome when you’ve pedalled up hills for years! 👍
@@ForestMountainBiker Yeahthat exactly the proposition I am thinking, thanks! But I was actually targetting @Massimo Federici above, who mentions downgrading from the Trek Rail (85Nm)
I've had the 9.5 for 4 months and have about the same mileage on it. I ride mostly in the desert, no wet conditions. The bike has been outstanding. I have put a Fox 36 160 mm on front and a Fox X2 on the rear. The paint has held up very good. Cheers!
Nice. Dry conditions only sounds dreamy to me in the UK! I want to put a 160mm fork on mine too 👍
Your skills are sooo good... you are one of those riders that can make nearly any bike look good! 😀👍
Thank you 👍 This bike has helped me become a better climber somehow 😉
I got one 2 weeks ago. Killer bike. I had a YT Decoy and while you give up the zero effort power of the Shimano motor, the power on the Trek is still plenty to get up just about anything. I've also tried a Specialized Levo SL and that bike did not have enough power for me. This this is IMO the sweet spot. Being in the US where e-bikes aren't treated so friendly the stealth factor is key and another reason why I prefer this over a full power bike.
‘Sweet spot’ is a great description, couldn’t agree more 👍
have you thought about buying a orbea rise m10 or m20 with 60 NM?
@@Gerald-iz7mv Yeah, they’re awesome bikes also 👍
Which do you think has more power yt decoy comp 4 or this one ☝️
@@El_companero_7 The YT Decoy will have more power
I have a Rise, and although I really like it if I were to buy a new ebike today I'd go for the Exe. The Rise is great but it has a few problems. Backend is a noodle, motor is very loud and cockpit is nowhere as clean as the Exe because of the integrated display. Have fun with the bike, it looks amazing.
Thanks for the comment, have fun on your bike too, the Rise is awesome also 👍
If you want to run a mullet set up, try flipping the Mino Link into the high position to raise the BB height, if you want to balance it out even more, run a 160 fork in the front.
Thanks, done and done 👍 Lovin it 👌
Great review. IVE had a 9.8 for 8 months now and over 1000k riding….. had to have the rear XT cassette replaced but the bike is an amazing ride… love it!
Same buddy, love this bike and to be fair to that TQ motor, mines working as well as the day I got it 👍👊 I genuinely forget it’s an e bike when I ride it
Good video buddy,a year on now,so still happy?.appreciate any update.
Cheers.
Thanks for the comment buddy 👍 I sold the bike a month ago, so had it for almost two years, sold to a mate who is loving it 👌 Great bike, only sold it for funds towards something different 👍
@ForestMountainBiker great news,no issues to worry about then...thanks for the fast reply.
Ride safe😉
Great video, thanks. I'm thinking about buying the 9.7 and this was really helpful
Awesome, really glad it was helpful, 9 months on it’s still the best bike I’ve ever ridden, still lovin’ it 👍👍
Nice review and sweet riding and terrain, looks amazing. I have same bike, about 6 weeks in and 200 miles or so of demanding trail and love the bike as well. I did however not fully get along with same shock, fine on DH jump flow lines, but a but too rough for me on any mixed terrain (roots, rocks). So swapped shock out and went 160 fork up front and bike more comfortable to ride. Amazed dropper still good, mine when stiff and slow mo just three rides in so replaced with longer, more reliable post. For long controller cable, i have mine braided with the dropper cable that keeps it tidy and out of the way. Only thing missing is range extender that I hope to get sometime soon. Other than that, I think Trek killed it with this bike
Thanks for the comments, glad you’re so stoked on the bike also 🤙 Yeah, I have a spare dropper that’s a bit better but waiting for the stock on the fail, it hasn’t so I’m leaving it until it does! The shock is the next thing I want to change. Great minds… 👍
Good video, eyeing one up myself. Any comments on battery range and what sort of length ride you can expect to get out of it (I know it varies on terrain etc).
Thanks for the comment, range is a weakness unless you’re careful with power, so using the full power will reduce your range a lot, but using the mid power or eco will triple your range. Nowhere near the range or power of a full fat also if you’re used to those 👍
wrap remote control cable together with brake or dropper post cable (they go to the same holes)
Like it, thanks 👍
What an absolute machine 😲💪🏼
oh yes, this bike is the one 👌👍
Really nice review!
Thank you 👍
What Stem do you Ride? Im Looking to get a shorter one. Yours looks quite nice
That’s a burgtec stem, think the enduro one, 35mm reach, nice and short 👍😅
Nice review!
Thanks 👍
Excellent review it makes me want to buy my own
Thank you 👍
Very nice! getting a mullet setup for mine as well, what is the width of your rear tires?
Do it, rides amazing mullet 👍 2.4 maxxis on the rear 👍
Merci pour votre vidéo 👌 le SCOOT LUMEN arrive 😂
Super vélo, je suis sûr que vous apprécierez 👊
How about the battery life?Average km/elevation? Whats the difference on colder days? Cheers!
Battery seemed to drain a bit quicker in the proper cold. I don’t really track the elevation/km, reckon 3000-4000ft on a full charge using full power for the steep stuff but keeping in mid power otherwise. Definitely not a battery for all day epics.
Great review! Are the pedals wider than normal mountain bike? Is it something that could bother some riders or hardly noticeable?
Thanks fellow rider 👍 The pedals are up to you, not included, so you get to choose how wide they are 👍👍 If you mean the width of the cranks/bottom bracket, feels and rides like a normal MTB 👌
Great video, mate! i have been thinking about the Fuel EXe and one question that came into my mind just now is about the motor activation speed when going through rough terrain and rocky/exposed roots tech areas up hill. How does it activate? There are moments when you let the bike roll and suddenly you need the max traction to climb things. How is it efficiency on such moments? Thanks
It’s a really natural feeling motor, the power is always there, no surging or overrun, feels like you have stronger legs more than a motor 👍 Not that powerful compared to some, but very natural feeling, you’ll forgot it’s an e-bike and just climb easier than normal!
That paintjob of black and gray blend looks awesome on this rig. How much elevation do you get on average without going on full assist?
Thanks, I’m stoked with the black/gray 👍 I don’t really track it much but around 3500 feet if I keep to mid power only as a rough average
Damn what a beauty. 😳
Thanks! Trying to be worthy… 😅
since I first saw this bike in a review, I'm in love. its my dreambike and I hope I can afford it some time in the next years. I love the yellow one, but your color looks really nice too. And I gotta say, it looks even sexier with the high rise bar. What can you say about battery life and range? do you have a range extender for longer tours?
The bike is so good, I enjoy it more now over a year on 👌 battery life and range are okay, just depends on how you use the power, I don’t have the range extender as I’m fortunate to have another full fat e bike so I use that whenever range is needed. Compared to a non e bike, you’ll still crush it, but you’ll then forget it is an e bike when sending the trails down 🫡👍
Nice video. What did you have before this?
Man, just saw your crash at the end! Looked nasty! 😬
Thanks for watching, still got a Canyon Torque, not riding it so much now I’ve got the Trek! Crash looked worse than it was, thankfully! 👍
@@ForestMountainBiker Thanks. It's always interesting to find out what people had before. Or still have in your case. And the eMTB bug has got you. 🙂
There is no mention on any review how tiring this bike is to ride uphill. High cadence is required to get the torque from this motor. The support and power is very reliant on rider input. Compared to the Specialized Kenevo SL this bike is very tiring to ride uphill especially on steeper trails. The Trek is slightly faster uphill than the KSL but the rider will have to acclimatise to the input required especially if they have been used to other ebikes. It has an interesting type of torque and power measurement. The Fuel handles well on the descents. After a ride on a friends Trek I quickly gave it back in favour of my KSL as the uphill was too tiring.
Thanks for your comments and adding balance to the review. I’ve never ridden the KSL so can’t compare the two, and because I’ve spent years climbing on a non e bike, I guess any kind of assistance feels amazing! For me personally the downhill performance of an e bike is more important than the uphill performance, and I realise this is counter intuitive, but again, I’ve spent years putting the effort in with my legs to enjoy a good descent so assistance getting up is more a bonus to allow me to go down more, but the enjoyment of the ride down is the bigger priority, for me at least. To be fair I’m sure the KSL descends well also, I was looking at those but the only one I could find available was the £10k top spec model and the Trek was £3k cheaper so that did help a bit 😂👍
@@ForestMountainBiker Cheers.I understand where your coming from. It's horses for courses. The KSL is more DH orientated than the Trek. With a Zeb upfront it handles everything I used to ride with my V10.. If you are used to a non ebike the Trek will feel great. Any bike that makes the uphills fun and give you more DH is a big plus. My friend whose Trek I tried has a KSL also that he uses bike park and DH and theTrek for more X country riding. We both have full powered ebikes that we use for bigger hills and longer missions.
Barry, I'm surprised to hear that, other people comparing the Levo SL and the Exe have found the Exe to have more power on the steeper climbs, as you would expect with 50NM of Torque vs 35NM on the LevoSL and KenevoSL. I have a friend with a LevoSL and he did a short steep climb on my Exe and said it had more power. I assume the LevoSL and the KenevoSL have identical power output? The Exe comes from the factory with the max power mode detuned to I believe 200 watts to extend the battery life, you have to use the phone app to boost it up to the full 300 watts the motor can do. Do you know if your friend did that? If not, that would account for your experience.
I’m looking at getting one of these and was wondering what size you have? And your hight? Thanks
Thanks for the comment 👍 6 foot and went large 👍👍
Nice bike man!
I was considering exactly this but went with a rail 7 as my patience was inadequate
You made the right choice in that case 👍
Ordered my 9.7 exe size large last week. I am 178 cm tall. How tall are you? What size is your bike? Did you install the the shorter stem and riser bar to shorten the reach? I am concerned reach will be too long for me and I was thinking of doing exactly what you did with the stem and handlebar. Please let me know how you feel about the reach and stack. Thanks.
I’m 6 foot and also have the large 9.7. I just prefer a shorter stem and slightly wider bars so changed them to a 35mm length stem and 800mm wide bars, I prefer the ride and reach feels better for me. Hope this helps 👍
don't have this bike but tried it in store and bike does feels larger, I'm 189cm and L seemed all right. I usually go with XL but store did not have XL so could not compare
Why does nobody talks about the battery? Its really frustrating. How far can you get with the battery on flats and on ascend
The range isn’t that great, and it’s down to you as much as the bike in a way. Can get a range extender. I wouldn’t buy this bike for range and power though, get a full fat for that 👍
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How many hours can you get out of it? Or distance? Also is it possible to ride it without any power ledt? I sometimes go for 6 or more hour rides.
Battery comes out so you can ride with no power 👍 Range and duration really depend on how you use the power, and you can get a range extender also 👍
The amount of money they cost I would expect it to be perfect. They are not worth car money
Fair, I went for the second cheapest model, the top spec is twice as much as mine! It is crazy money, the only thing I would say is I enjoy riding my bike way more than driving my car 👍
Oh that crash!! I hurt for you.
Not my worst crash but thank you for the concern 👍
I have the non-e version. Great bike but the paint does chip easy.
Sorry to hear that, I really like the non e Trek Fuel, guess I’ve been lucky with the paint on mine so far!
I really love my slash in terms of riding but I have the same Problem with the paintwork. Maybe it is just the gloss finished frames. Even smaller stones or dropped tools cause the paint to flake off
Fair, my fuel is only 4 months old and maybe I’ve been lucky with chips and stones 🤞
IVE had mine Invisd - very good investment 😊
Oh shit I was about to pay 600$ more to have the all black frame instead of this black/grey one.... do you know now if its only the glossy frames or they all do this??? 😢
heard you can't change wheel diameter in computer for smaller wheel, so does yours still counts as it is 29 ?
Yeah it must do, no setting on app to adjust for mullet
I took mine out on the first ride over a week ago. Had an error message that left it disabled about 2 miles from home. At least from the experience, i now know how it would feel if I ran out of battery power in the middle of ride. It did go through my mind about buying unproven technology, but did it anyway. This bike is so new Trek's locale shop wasn't prepared our equipped to address error problems presented. Ended up they ordered another new bike from another location. Btw, I did enjoyed the hell out the bike on the 4 miles I got to ride. ERR 5403 and 0496.
I had the same concerns about the new tech, sorry to hear about your experience also, that must be so annoying! Hope you get your replacement soon. I’m still nervous that when something goes wrong with the electrics/motor I’ll have to wait ages to have it fixed! Hope you’re sending on yours again real soon 👍
What pedals are you running on your EXe? Thanks!
DMR Vaults 👍
This is great review. Is it possible to ride it without the battery installed?
Oh yes, can ride with or without battery 👍
@@ForestMountainBiker Thanks! Yeah, I was just thinking of the potential to ride it without the battery installed to save weight and then after a few loops and back at the car...pop the battery in and get another couple of loops in assisted. This means, it can be ridden without the extra 4 lbs of the battery which is huge for me. Thanks
@@dakhemyst Nice! 👍
how did you raise the bar and by how much - what is the max you get increase the height? what did you bar?
The spank handlebars are 40mm riser bars, the stock bars are 20mm rise I think. Hope this helps 👍
Hi I’ve just purchased the 9.8 xt build, when I turned of the motor I felt it lagged a bit when peddling, have you had this issue at all ? Bike dealer told me that it feels just like a normal bike even without the motor being on.
Nice build 👌 I haven’t noticed any lag with the motor off, mine rides like a normal bike with no power, definitely look into that while under warranty my friend 👍
I wish that trek had done an alloy version as well and a slightly bigger battery
They do have a range extender battery but you’ll have to spend more money of course!
@@ForestMountainBiker Yeh $1,000 in New Zealand
@@wgnwheels333 Ouch!
And what about The range? Is the battery big enough for a full day ride? And if the battery is off, can u feel the difference (do u feel that the bike is heavier, etc?)
Range isn’t great compared to bigger battery/motor e bikes, that’s the trade off. Couple of hours of full power shredding, 3000 -4000 feet. You’d need the range extender and keep to mid/eco power only to get a full day riding 👍
@ForestMountainBiker can you ride the Trek Fuel EXE with motor turned off? does the Trek Fuel EXE also have an app (phone) to change the motor settings? how do you feel about the 50 NM is it enough? have you thought about buying a orbea rise m10 or m20 with 60 NM?
Yeah, can ride just like a normal bike with motor off. You can adjust power on the Trek app also, really easy to use. The 50nm is enough for me, compared to non e bikes it’s still a huge difference. Keen on the Orbea, mates got one and seems similar, great bike also, the Fuel takes to a mullet better I think so that influenced me 👍
@@ForestMountainBiker where did you buy it?
@@Gerald-iz7mv Any Trek bike shop/dealer 👍
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Where are these trails? I'm in the Northeast so quite a few offerings but I don't like to travel for a one off 😎👌
Forest of Dean is south west so not very local for you, but definitely worth a trip if you can manage it. If you can time it so it’s been dry for a while you’ll have a lot more fun 👍
@@ForestMountainBiker ah I didn't realise it was FOD, been on my list for a couple of years, just always end up in Wales or Scotland if I have to travel far 😂 I hear theres a lot of pedaling there 👀
what is the brand of the stem I own the 9.7 also is there a difference between the stock stem and your stem?
It’s a Burgtec enduro mk3 stem. Mine’s 35mm length, the Trek stock stem is 45mm.
@@ForestMountainBiker THANKYOU
can you wash the bike with soap and water without the motor short circuiting from water?
Yup, so far no issues 👍
How do You like the Code R 's ?
I like them. Take a bit to bed in but once they do they work well 👍
I am curious how quite the bike is while descending? Any rattle noises like the Shimano ep8 ? thanks!
So far quiet both up and down. No rattles 👍
Which bars?
Spank Vibrocore riser bars 👍
Did you ride 500km in 100hours? Surely you must be averaging more than 5km/hour. Great bike!
Guess I need to go faster! 😅 That’s what the app shows (screenshot on the thumbnail) maybe the 99 hours is how long it’s been turned on for? Good point tho. I’d like to think I average more than 5km/hour on the down bits at least but they say numbers don’t lie…
@@ForestMountainBiker yeah that must be it, I bet you average more. It’s just that Trek usually goes by hours for the maintenance intervals. Bosch ebike app just shows me the km I have done. Not so much the time. I average about 20kmu. Have fun with the bike!
would be nice with more powerful motor Im sick of pedaling.
Give it another year or two and no doubt there will be lighter and more powerful e bikes 👍
last 5 sec of clip perfect match with tictoc sound ,, dumb way to die,, :"D ps great bike man :)
Yeah, now you say that, perfect match 👌 The bike is awesome
I would like to... downgrade from Trek Rail.... but I'm a tall and heavy OLD guy...
afraid to not have enough battery to complete my runs... did you compare it with a FullPower ebike?
I haven’t compared to a full power e bike, sounds you should try the Fuel first if you can, it will be more effort on the Fuel for sure.
Can I ask why you want to downgrade from the Trek Rail?
@@gnarlyification Nice channel name btw 👌 I preferred the light weight/silent motor concept and any motor assistance feels awesome when you’ve pedalled up hills for years! 👍
@@ForestMountainBiker Yeahthat exactly the proposition I am thinking, thanks! But I was actually targetting @Massimo Federici above, who mentions downgrading from the Trek Rail (85Nm)
@@gnarlyification Lol, long day for me already. You still deserve kudos for your channel name. No regrets 😂👊