Bumsteads TOP Bikes – 2015 Trek Marlin 6 29

Ready For The Challenges on the Trail and a Full Mountain Biking Experience? You're Ready for Marlin.

When a bike this fun comes along, you jump on it. Trek's Marlin 6 makes entry level fast and fun with a playful aluminum frame and size-appropriate wheels.

Up front, the suspension fork gives you 100mm of travel, it laughs at trail obstacles and keeps you out of trouble. Then, add the 24-speed Shimano drivetrain, a host of reliable Bontrager parts and powerful Tektro hydraulic disc brakes and you're in for years of riding. You may want to call in sick tomorrow, the trail is calling.





— Hydraulic disc brakes offer simply the best stopping power around, regardless of the weather conditions you can come to a stop within an instant

— Alpha silver aluminium frame and Suntour suspension fork help offer a light-weight and highly rugged design which is ready for just about any trail out there!

— Rack & mudguard mounts make kitting out the Marlin for every day use an easy and quick job!

One of the biggest and still on-going debates in the Mountain Biking scene is what is the best Wheel Size? Every rider wants to know which size is best for their size and the terrain they will be riding, but don’t have the chance/funds to properly test out all the options, this is where Smart Wheel Size technology comes in…




After countless hours of testing and data analysis Trek have come to a conclusion on what wheel size each rider should be using. For the smaller riders out there the 27.5" option is the far superior option, this is because the 29" option is typically too large for the rider to receive the full benefits of its speed and handling, basically it is all about riding the fastest wheel possible that fits.




This system helps you focus more on the actual performance of the frame, rather than focusing firstly on the wheel size then the frame. This ensures you get the ride you are exactly looking for without all the previous hassle!

Here are the Specs for the 2015 Trek Marlin 6


Frame: Alpha Silver Aluminum with semi-integrated head tube, rack and fender mounts, G2 Geometry on 29ers

Front Suspension: SR Suntour XCT, coil spring, preload, custom G2 Geometry w/51mm offset on 29ers, 10mm travel (13.5" : 80mm travel)

Front Hub: Formula DC20 alloy

Rear Hub: Formula DC22 alloy

Rims: Bontrager AT-550 36-hole

Tires: Bontrager XR1, 29x2.20" front, 29x2.00" rear (Bontrager XR2, 27.5x2.20")

Shifters: Shimano Altus M310, 8 speed

Front Derailleur: Shimano Altus

Rear Derailleur: Shimano Altus M280

Crank: Shimano M131, 42/34/24

Cassette: Shimano HG31 11-34, 8 speed

Pedals: Wellgo nylon platform

Chain: KMC Z7

Saddle: Bontrager Evoke 1

Seatpost: Bontrager SSR, 2-bolt head, 27.2mm, 12mm offset

Handlebar: Bontrager Riser, 25.4mm, 15mm rise

Stem: Bontrager Approved, 25.4mm, 15 degree

Headset: 1-1/8" threadless, semi-integrated, semi-cartridge bearings

Brakeset: Tektro M290 hydraulic disc brakes

Grips: Bontrager Satellite Plus

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2015 Trek Slash Review and Pictures

2015 Trek Slash -

Now Trek is Just Showing Off

(Article and Pictures from mtbr.com)

Trek impressed us this year with the Slash all mountain bike sporting 27.5 wheels

and 60mm of travel. Although the bike was meant for the most demanding

World Series Enduro races, we enjoyed the big sweet spot of the bike as it

excelled in many types of riding conditions. The adjustable geometry with

Mino Link enabled us to lower/raise the BB height and affect the head angle as well.

The Fox Talas fork with 130/160mm of travel allowed the bike to tackle flattish,

tight singletrack too as the 66 degree head angle could be steepened to

about 68 degrees.

But we were left to wonder about the possibilities of a carbon frame,

a Pike fork or those new Talas 36 forks. What if?

Well our questions have been answered as Trek showed us the five new

2015 Slash models. The 9.8 has a carbon front triangle and it weighs one lb.

less than aluminum. The 9.9 has an all carbon frame for a 1.4 lb. weight

savings over aluminum. Two of them are carbon and two are aluminum.

A big shift is all the models now sport a RockShox Monarch Plus DebonAir rear

shock instead of the Fox DRCV shock. RockShox has made huge strides in

its rear shock development and Trek felt comfortable that switching to these

new shocks would improve their bike. The main improvement is the Monarch

Plus has an external oil reservoir and with higher oil volume, more consistent

performance can be achieved on the longest and most demanding descents.

In addition, the new RockShox shocks offer excellent damping support in its

sagged position. Thus even in the wide open mode, the shock is an efficient

pedaler with great control throughout its travel. The spring rates of these

increased air volume DebonAir cans, mimic the ones of the twin chamber

Fox DRCV units as well. So the bike’s ride characteristics are maintained.

27.5 wheels mated with XR4 tires give these bikes excellent traction

on a broad range of conditions. The lower three bikes sport Bontrager wheels,

while the 9.9 model is spec’d with DT Spline One wheels. All the bikes use

RockShox Pike forks with adjustable travel, except for the 9.9,

which uses the fascinating new Fox 36 Talas fork with 130/160mm travel.

The 9.9 model features a Shimano 1×11 drivetrain. Early reports are the

chain stays on very well with no chain guide.

The 9.8 model retails for $5769 and it sports a carbon front triangle

and 1×11 drivetrain

The 9.8 is a looker and a decent value.

The Trek Slash 7 and 8 are 2×10 bikes with the Trek Slash 9 (not shown)

offered in 1×11. The Trek Slash 7 is the one on top in blue color.

The Trek Slash 9.9 has Shimano 1×11 drivetrain and the very rare

Fox 36 Talas with 130/160mm of adjustable travel.

2015 Trek Fuel EX 27.5 (Available Now!) — Remedy 29 Carbon Scheduled to Debut Next Year

2015 Trek Mountain Bikes with RE:ACTIV Technology

Trek partnered with Penske Racing shocks to improve the dampers found in the Dual Rate Control Valve (DRCV) shocks found on its Fuel, Lush, and Remedy bikes. Penske Racing has a long history building shocks for some of the most demanding motorsports, including F1, NASCAR, and World Touring car racing as well as other disciplines such as ATV and motocross.

The new technology is dubbed Re:aktiv. At the heart of the system is a new damper stack that allows faster low-speed-compression reaction time while providing a firmer platform for pedaling. The new shocks will retain the DRCV air spring, and will continue to be produced by Fox Racing Shocks. The DRCV shock has two air chambers. On smaller bumps or smooth terrain, the shock uses only the primary chamber. Larger hits that force the shock shaft to travel halfway through its stroke open an auxiliary chamber that increases the overall air volume. Trek claims the DRCV offers the lively feel of a shock with a smaller air spring, but provides the plush bump absorption of a larger air spring. Combining that technology with a firmer platform to pedal against, it says, will result in a bike that will perform just as well whether you’re pedaling over rough terrain or letting the suspension (and gravity) do the work on a descent.

Jose Gonzalez, Trek’s director of suspension design, explained that the new damper optimizes the suspension by keeping the shock at the sag point (previous-generation shocks tended to sit closer to the mid-point of the stroke). The benefits of this are twofold: It holds the bike closer to the true geometry of each model and allows the damper to react quicker and return to its optimum position sooner. As a result, the bikes pedal more crisply in all three shock modes, Climb, Trail, and Descend.


Trek also linked up with Push industries to supply air volume reducers for its DRCV shocks and forks. The parts are available directly from Push and allow riders to tune the suspension to their liking by altering the factory air spring rate. These small spacers are available in multiple sizes so you can make incremental changes in a fork’s or shock’s air spring rate.

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New Remedy 29 Carbon with Boost 148

The Remedy 29 gets a makeover for next year with the addition of carbon-frame offerings. Most of the bike remains unchanged, with geometry and spec carrying over from the current models. The biggest change is at the tail of the bike, with the introduction of Boost 148. Trek increased stiffness laterally in the wheels by partnering with SRAM to offer a hub that is 6mm wider at the axle ends and pushes the hub flanges out by 3mm each. Trek claims this will create better triangulation and even out spoke tension, and that the 29-inch wheels will ride closer in stiffness to their smaller counterparts. The Boost 148 design adds clearance to the frame for tires as large as 2.3 inches, while also keeping chainstays short and chainline in check for proper shifting performance. For riders using a single-ring drivetrain—the system will work with a double setup too—SRAM developed a spider that keeps the centerline of the ring in proper alignment with the cassette so shifting performance is unaffected. Trek and SRAM designated the system as “open source,” so the design is available to any manufacturer.

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