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Give us the gush after your ride 🙂
steel Konas from 81-95 were fairly unremarkable bikes in almost every way. (yes. I have owned and ridden quite a few)
Hmm,I can only remember them from 88.
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steel Konas from 81-95 were fairly unremarkable bikes in almost every way. (yes. I have owned and ridden quite a few)
Hmm,I can only remember them from 88.
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sorry if this upsets you.
Of course it doesn't. Why would it? It's your opinion and you are entitled to one...
Does anyone know where they have a stache 5 in a size large that I can go along and sling my leg over? I want one, but need to try it for size
I must admit I was finger banging one at Wheelbase a couple of weeks ago ,, I liked
Tried one at coed y brenin this weekend- not sure what I expected but I was grinning like an idiot. Rides nimble,fast and insane levels of grip. Contrary to suggestions, if you really puah hard and chuck the thing around it basically gets faster until eventually you cant keep up.
I am currently very tempted!
I'm seriously looking at the 7. It seems to tick a lot of boxes for me as a playful 29er.
I've just taken the plunge and ordered a stache 5 in 19.5" flavour......hope it fits!
Looking at what Ittle there is on the webz, I think I'll be fine with the 19.5", but you never know until you can actually ride one.....apparently, there were only going to be 5 arriving for general sale.......so that's 4 now!
I have the Stache 9 , 5 10 tall, 32 inside leg.
Riding a 19.5 inch frame
Regards
Denis
eekend- not sure what I expected but I was grinning like an idiot. Rides nimble,fast and insane levels of grip. Contrary to suggestions, if you really puah hard and chuck the thing around it basically gets faster until eventually you cant keep up.
I've done 3 rides on mine now and that's it in a nutshell really. It turns in really well and holds a line beautifully. The faster you go and the more you work it, the better it gets. It's not a slow plodder that's for sure.
I've gone tubeless as well. The rims already have tape on them and valves are supplied, so why not? That's made a noticeable difference, as you would imagine loosing 5-600g of your wheels would do!
Mine weighs under 28.5lb with pedals (Specialized Bennies) so it's not a heavy bike at all.
I've played with the fork a bit too. It's got adjustable air chamber volume (ie Spring rate adjust) and I've made mine one step more linear which makes the fork a bit more active. It's a bloody good fork actually.
Ohh, make sure the dealer gives you the included Bontrager 4mm torque tool. Lots of high end Treks are supplied with them, as is the Stache 9.
Steel Konas from 81-95 were fairly unremarkable bikes in almost every way.
Dunno though. Those '82 Explosifs with the lugged 531 frames were pretty rad for their time.
Ohh ek, I like these things. Now for me to say that must mean I'm turning all funny inside or my left brain isn't working. This is wholly due to the fact that anything "fat" related gives me a case of the heavies and I don't like heavy bikes at all.
However..
Bespoke in Canary Wharf have a black and lime green one sitting in the window. I went in yesterday to get a book signed by an ex roadie( name?, not giving that away) and this bike was just sitting there and it was tempting me to go ride it.. it looks that good.
Still not going to buy one, shame but really don't have anywhere I could possibly use it.. but this bike has certainly turned my eyes towards fatties.
8)
I went in yesterday to get a book signed by an ex roadie( name?, not giving that away)
My (roadie) son went to a talk and asked the man to sign a copy for my Xmas pressie. 8) One happy Mummy. 😀
You tease, bikebouy.
Why so coy when "canary wharf book signing cycle" gets you there so quickly? It was too quick to even be fun!
You'd just call him a nasty word and I don't like nasty words 😆
From memory, when he's been discussed the response on here was mixed, some were particularly vitriolic though. 😐
Funnily enough, we raced back from Cannock last Saturday to our local bike shop (Cotswold Cycles in Moreton in Marsh) to get a book signed and listen to 'The Racer'. We also returned the Trek Stache 9 that we had out on demo - it was a good day really, the Stache was great and the talk/book signing was good.
So if you want see or Demo a Stache 9 then head to my local bike shop!
We've got a demo model in too. Stache 9, same as mine 17.5in frame. Dunno of I'm allowed to put the name of the shop here but my email is in my profile.
Awesome bike, really impressed everyone that rode it, I think I'm hoping that Trek will do a 29+ Remedy next year.....
Do we know any english people who have ridden/tested the 5 though?
Peterpoddy, does the stache 5 come with the bontrager torque key? Got one on order.
The 5' are now in stock at Trek HQ
That 9 I spotted last week costs £2700...
Hmm.. Nice'n'all but...
Do you know what size 5's are in stock?
I'll ring tomorrow if not
I don't know what sizes are in stock
Let us know if I find out
All 5's in stock except the 19.5" currently
Bugger....guess which one I'm waiting on!
Ah well, cheers for the update
That 9 I spotted last week costs £2700...Hmm.. Nice'n'all but...
It's not cheap, no, but break it down a bit:
£700 groupset
£750 fork
£650+ wheel set including tyres (Just add sealant to go tubeless)
£200 brakes
£230 bars, stem, saddle
£240 dropper post
Oh, it's also pretty light for such a bike. Mine is 28 1/4lb after tubeless conversion, including flat pedals
OK
We need 5 ride reports
Just spoke to a nice bloke at trek, and he says the date for the 19" is still looking good for the 2nd of November, but South downs have got a 19" going their way.....someone needs to write a report!
I'm v excited :0)
Trek do have a 19in-ish demo bike at their HQ. I saw it last night....
Ride report: (I've done 100 miles so far)
As I expected, it handles very well indeed. Turn in is responsive and precise and it'll hold a line through pretty much anything I've given it so far. If you've ever ridden a Ducati motorbike, I'd liken the handling to that: Sold, stable, yet precise.
It'll go up anything if you have the legs. The short wheelbase/tight rear end shows up here though as it likes to lift the front a bit, but if you get over the front that's controllable. Astounding levels of grip.
Mine was noticeably perkier after I went tubeless, that lost 500-600g off the wheels alone, so it's hardly surprising. I don't have a decent pressure gauge, but I'm running around 15psi and that's fine but it does feel a bit squirmy at the rear on hardpack sometimes, especially of you're at the bottom of a sharp dip, compressing everything.
It feels quite low at the front but I like unfashionable high rise bars and stems. I'll get used to it though, I'm not changing a £50 stem and £130 carbon bars!
Downhill or at speed it's astonishingly fast and capable. Utterly unflappable so far (Although I did stack hard on the 2nd ride...) I keep wondering why I can catch people so easily..... 🙂
It just loves speed, the faster you go the better it gets. Trek brought us some test bikes last night and there were 2 Staches and everyone who rode them wanted one. (I was riding a Procaliber 9.8 and a Top Fuel 9.8. Good lord that Procaliber is a WEAPON! Very flighty though)
Forks are superb. I cannot fault them. You just don't feel them doing anything, they just work. They have adjustable spring curve (Very easy to adjust) which comes in the middle setting. I went one step towards linear and they use their travel a bit more readily now. Lots of knobs to twiddle and no silly remote on the bars.
X11 drivetrain works fine, but due to it's silly cost I'll replace with XT when it wears out. This is my first 1x setup and I'm pleasantly surprised. There's just enough range for me.
I keep forgetting the dropper post is there, but I don't really need it TBH. It's a nice toy.
There's not much, if anything to change. Saddle maybe, but the OE one is nice. I changed the grips as the OE ones were too slim for my fat hands
I'm still hankering for a 5. My Paypal balance is up to £1100 now from selling everything that isn't screwed to the floor.
Wondering if you've taken it down anything proper steep and switchbacky (Leigh Woods in Bristol, if that means anything to you)? I am riding a lot of that stuff these days, and obviously the turns can be very tight.
I know Leigh Woods fairly well yes.
I have been down a very techy and steep descent in the Cotswolds last weekend, proper bum on the rear wheel stuff. The bike was fine. The rider fell off twice! 😉
It's a good bike for technical stuff.
Thanks PP - which Stache is your ride report for?
I was riding a Procaliber 9.8 and a Top Fuel 9.8. Good lord that Procaliber is a WEAPON! Very flighty though
Oooh tell us more 🙂
Bone setter, I've got the 9., but I doubt the 7 would be much different in feel.
Blobby, Trek brought us some bikes to play on for a night. We had Remdy, EX, Stache, Top Fuel, Procaliber and a couple of others. I decided to ride the bikes I'd never buy, the race bikes.
This was proper off road on trails I know well too, not fannying around.
The Procaliber is ridiculous. I've never ridden anything like it to be honest, it made me feel a lot fitter than I am, it just shoots up hills and flys along singletrack. It does ping around a bit sometimes though, if you get your lines wrong. Riding position is long but not as low as I expected, even with an inverted stem. Light, fast and accurate.
The Top Fuel was more of the same but with added comfort. I didn't have time to get it set up that well for me but it's obvious that suspension has come a long way since I bought my last FS bike in 2008! Very supple and you can't really feel it working. The only problem I had is that I have big legs and my calf muscles rubbed on the rear stays. Great bike, would be superb for long distances at speed, but was fine on more technical drops etc. I preferred the Procaliber.
Thanks for that. Lot of money for a HT from a mainstream brand so must be bloody good to sell!
Thanks again PP - all good
It's the 5 feedback I'm eager to hear of.
Although your 'low front' comment of the 9 is my impression of what the 5's front may well be like, which for a rigid means weight forward 🙁
Peterpoddy would you say the procaliber is good for general trail fun or is it too xc specific?
The latest news for me...!
After much debate and I ternal pontification, I decided on the stache 5 with the cycle to work scheme and I placed my order .....my mate couldn't get a krampus, so decided to get one too! As his is going to be an 18" and mine a 19", his landed in the country first..I went in to work this morning, and this was looking at me!
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Bugger! :0)
Anyway, he loves it, and mine should be in in a few days.....I should be riding it at the weekend :0)
