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News, online sales, opinion, trek - August 5, 2015

Opinion: Trek’s New Online Bike Sales Program Is Doomed to Fail

Trek has just announced that they are going to begin online bike sales, as reported by Bicycle Retailer. This is big news, as they’re the first brand of the big three to take the plunge into online sales At first, I thought that Trek was finally getting with the times, but as I read Bicycle …

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News: Trek Announces Two New XC Race Bikes

Listen up hammerheads: today Trek announced an updated Top Fuel — their full suspension XC bike — and the Procaliber SL, a hardtail featuring their IsoSpeed decoupler. Iso-what-so? If you follow road cycling at all, you may be familiar with Trek’s IsoSpeed decoupler from their Domane line of bikes. Basically, the seat tube is decoupled …

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News, recall, Thomson, trek - May 19, 2015

News: Thomson Offers to Honor Trek Recall Vouchers

Trek Bikes ordered a massive mountain bike recall a few weeks back which affected nearly 1 million bikes and included bikes manufactured as far back as 2000. As a part of the recall, Trek is offering affected consumers a $20 voucher toward Trek and Bontrager components and accessories, and now Thomson is offering to honor …

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Trek Pioneers All-New Tire Size with Release of New Farley Fat Bike Models: 27.5×4″

Trek released several new-and-improved versions of their Farley at Sea Otter this year. The key updates? Carbon frames and 5″ tires now available, and a brand-new 27.5×4″ tire size. 5ish-inch (actually 4.7″) tires have been a long time coming to Trek, but the new Farley frames are totally compatible with the fully-fat tires. Trek has …

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Test Ride Review: Trek Stache 9 29+

The big story at the 2015 Sea Otter Classic is the widespread introduction of the 27.5+ wheelsize. For those unfamiliar, this is a mid-fat wheelsize featuring approximately 3-inch tires. Stay tuned for a more detailed analysis of this progression in the plus size trend once the show has finished. The Trek Stache reviewed here is …

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