![]() ![]() Yes, they do look quite a bit larger than a standard 29er tyre but they really do look in proportion with the rest of the bike. It was at the European Single Speed Championship I first became aware of the 29+ format as the then (and current) World SS Champion was riding a custom made frame with the larger tyres. I wonder how long this Stache 5 will stay this clean ?įor many years I have ridden and raced Single Speed – we’re not going to discuss the merits of gears ‘v’ single speed in this review! The Stache 5 does come with a 1×10 drivetrain but my intention was always to make this Single Speed. The model in review here is the Stache 5 which is totally rigid, albeit fitted with a carbon rigid fork taken from the popular Trek Superfly (US only model). ![]() The goal with the new bike was to have something that was enjoyable to ride everywhere (this is NOT a fat bike), although with an admittedly different on-trail feel than what most riders are used to. To enable these short stays, Trek have worked with SRAM to develop the new Boost wheel spacing offering. These experiments led to developments that would eventually make their way onto the Stache, including the sliding Stranglehold dropouts that allow the bike to have 420mm chainstays, which is short even for bikes with ‘normal’ sized tires, and extremely impressive when considering the wheel dimensions of the Stache. Trek have spent the last 4 years developing what was called ‘Project Weird’, an in-house research project based around frame geometry and trying to figure out just how short a chainstay length was possible with a larger tyre. 29+, oh no not another wheel size I hear you say? The Trek Stache is a hardtail based around the 29” wheel platform utilising 3.0” tyres. ![]()
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