[Photos] Bumstead's Top 2015 Bikes : 2015 Trek Remedy 9 29 (and 27.5)

Want to push harder? Want more travel? Ready to graduate up? Remedy is your full suspension express ride to the next level.

Photos: Robin Schmitt Captions from: Enduro-mtb.com

The new Remedy 9 29er

The Remedy 9 Features new Boost 148 hubs, wider for a stiffer wheel build

The Remedy retains the Fox DRCV damper

The 27.5 “models start with the Remedy 7 (aluminum frame, RockShox Revelation RL Solo Air fork, Fox Evolution Series DRCV damper, SLX drivetrain, Bontrager Duster Elite wheels, Deore brakes) and go up to the full carbon flagship Remedy 9.9 27.5 “with Fox 32 CTD Factory fork, Fox Factory DRCV damper, Bontrager Rhythm wheels, XTR 1×11 drive and XTR Trail brakes.

The Remedy 9.8 Carbon color scheme keeps things simple, but looks no less purposeful.

Stealth black throughout, the Pike fork is a welcome addition.

The wide Bontrager handlebars will allow maximum control on the trail

The Remedy 9.8 combines the Pike fork with the DRCV damper for an effective suspension package.

The RE:aktiv design is essentially Penske's regressive compression damper shrunk down and stuffed into the FOX Float

CTD shock. It consists of a completely different main piston design that, in very simple terms, employs a spring loaded

valve that can open to allow a lot of oil flow through the compression shim assembly. However, when the valve is closed

the damper provides added low-speed compression for more efficient pedalling and, more importantly in my mind, more

low-speed control that helps to keep the shock from pitching through its stroke when you're on the brakes or throwing 

your bodyweight around. This idea is to preserve the bike's handling.

"When the valve starts opening you'll get very quick relief because there's a lot of flow area exposed extremely quickly before it regains control. That's the regressive element that you're feeling,'' Jose Gonzalez, Trek Suspension Engineer, explained to Pinkbike.

''As the velocity increases, the spring tries to work against that force, but at some point the force overcomes the spring to allow for a lot of flow, so there's no harshness. At the same time, because you've got the flow area constantly varying depending on the force that's pushing on the spring, as well as the ports that the oil has to then flow through, you get high-speed resistance as the velocity increases.''

The new Boost 148 rear hub, with 148mm spacing builds into a stronger wheel.

Boost 148 refers to, as you might have guessed, 148mm spacing of the rear axle. Trek says that this wider spacing has allowed them to move the hub's spoke flanges out farther, which then gives the spokes a better bracing angle to make for a laterally stiffer wheel.

Moving the cassette outwards by a few millimeters does upset the bike's chain line, though, so all Boost 148 equipped bikes will come with a slightly different crank spider that compensates by also moving the 'ring outwards slightly to match the change at the rear of the bike - note that Q-factor is not affected, and the crank arms and chain ring haven't changed, only the spider. 

The 29″ version will be available in two builds, (Remedy 9 29″ and Remedy 9.8). Both model use the new Boost148, which claims to provide the same stiffness as 27.5″ wheels.

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