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Better than a 2.3 29er on a wide rim…not as better as a 3.8 (or bigger) on a truly wider rim, etc.
#TREK STACHE 7 2017 FULL#
However a quick foray into some pretty deep sand showed me I was not on a full Fat Bike and although I made it through the sand trap, it was dicey and took a lot of energy where the full fatty would have been pretty casual about it. It’s a new momentum king in that regard and if my rides were full of crumbly, loose soils, this tire size would be way high on my list. One would expect a nearly 31″ tall tire to roll out like crazy and it does. Once in the dirt, in this case a slightly uphill gravel road, it was surprising how little pedaling energy it took to keep your speed up and bits of sand and gravel just went pretty much unnoticed. However, compared to a 3.8″ or bigger Fat Bike tire, it is pretty fast feeling for sure. With 13psi in there and the fork set up on the first try…it took a bit of tweaking to get that sweet spot with that very tunable Manitou Magnum…it actually moved along pretty well, but you can tell you are accelerating a big hoop. Rolling out on some pavement to get to the trail head, you look down at the front wheel and go “wow…that is a big wheel!”. SPY, perhaps? 3.0 29+ Chupacabra and a 2.3″ 29er tire. If you think it took some work to make a 29er feel nimble on trail, you better buckle up with 29+ because it is even more…well more ‘MORE’, than a normal 29er.
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I predict no one else will do that as well as they did with the Stache 9, although some may try. Looking at the frame and the engineering that went into that, the shapes, the dimensions, and how it all was pulled together on the trail is very impressive. Here we go then.įirst off, kudos to Trek for doing an amazing job of packaging that 29+ tire and wheel combo into as small/short a ‘box’ as could be.
#TREK STACHE 7 2017 PLUS#
And as well, I have been on a steel hardtail in a very traditional 29er to fit in between the two plus sized bookends. It is also good timing in that I was able to, within the same time period, get on two 27+ bikes, one a very similar hardtail in a Scott Bikes Scale 27+ model, so I have that to compare the 29+ to.
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And now that the bike is in the large hands of JeffJ to ride for a bit, I have some thoughts to share on the Stache 9 and on 29+ et al. I have ridden it now under typical So Cal summer trail conditions, both on open fireroad and singletrack and taken it up and down rock stepped trails to see what even bigger diameter wheels do for you in decently techy sections. We got it out of the box here, and hit the trails without delay. I cannot remember a bike I more anticipated hitting my doorstep than the Trek Stache 9, a uniquely designed 29+ aluminum hardtail that also happens to run 27+ set-ups (all need to be Boost standard hubs). We begin where we ended last time…on trail with the Stache 9.