My 1st 29er Hardtail.1st hardtail in 7 years aswell

Trek Stache 7 in 19″

Have changed the Elixir 1’s to X0’s
Have also converted the wheels to Tubeless using the Bontrager rim strips and valves,Brought XR3 TLR tyres aswell.

Have about 10 miles on it,seems to be fun,rolls well,handles well.

Frame is 142×12 rear,has Iscg mount,routing for stealth and standard dropper posts,and semi integrated tapered headset.

Nice that!

Looks nice! Seat tube looks a bit freaky but guess the mud clearance has to come from somewhere.

Nice. That needs a dropper post

Cheez is right, on both points. But I am a recent convert to droppers so, in true reformed smoker style, think any bike more agressive than a canal towpath hybrid needs a dropper.

More importantly do I need a 29er trail HT?

It will get one when i have some money.

This is the 2nd new bike i have brought this year.

My Nicolai AC has a Stealth Reverb.One of the best bike related parts made in the last 10 years..

Not seen that colour in the flesh yet looks nice.Mate has the 8 and LBS has sold a few 8s.Hes please with .Mind his other half doesnt like the green 😀

Looks top, can I ask where you bought that. Not seen any 19″ in stores!

Can be brought from any Trek Dealer.Stache 7 are available in all sizes and stache 8 is available in all except 15.5″ which has sold out.

Just looked on Trek UK.so thats as of now.

I work for a Trek dealer in Cornwall. 😀

Bike chain Ricci by any chance?

Rosss— Good guess

I use the shop regularly when i’m down and my brother goes in quite often. I remember speaking to you in store and you mentioned owning a few nicolai’s so I put two and two togeather.

Thats me…I havent seen your brother for a while.Last time he brought his brakes in for repair

He’s just moved house so the bikes have been put aside but i’m down in two weeks and we’ve got a long week of biking planned so we’ll pop in and say hi, i’ll try and get him to pull the trigger on a reverb he’s been after if you have one in!

Thought he had been quiet..lol

Ok pop in,will have a coffee

Will do!

It’s a real pity it’s not called a Gary Fisher Stache (or maybe a Hoo Koo E Koo?)

Looks like a really nice bike.

Pink bike liked the Stache if you dig around for the review

Borrowed Sam’s bike this weekend due to a roof bar malfunction (cheers) really liked it rode very nicely and was quite flick able and did want to jump as well, the amount of grip it generated if counter balanced when cornering even with the low profile xc tyres in sodden conditions was impressive. Not anymore inputs needed that my dialled Albert to get it moving around, and rolled and tracked very well over rocky fast trails

Took mine out for it’s first ride yesterday

Stem was too long so fitted a 45mm.
Elixers swapped for SLX and my old Reverb has gone on

Bars have been raised ready for the next ride. Rim strips on order together with some Rubber Queens.

Forks as expected are simple but ok, looking into a mod to fit the Motion Control damper from an Argyle.

Overall I was pleased with it during yesterday’s brief ride. It’s my first time on a 29er and it’s replaced an SC Heckler so about as far apart as I could go.

Am quite liking that bronze colour over the Stache 8’s green/grey.

The paint finish is lovelly,looks amazing.

Its a fun bike

The paint finish is lovelly,looks amazing.

Its a fun bike

I like that colour a lot.

It looks a bit like the old Turner Flux i had that was anodized orange,seems to have the same sort of look,it looks strange as on the sharper edges its not as orange.

looks like the Orange colour is applied directly to the steel and then a clearcoat applied over that..

Steel?!?

It does look more like a coloured lacquer than paint.

sorry…Not steel,meant to put Aluminium 😳