{"id":204706,"date":"2019-05-23T19:55:32","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T17:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/?p=204706\/"},"modified":"2019-05-23T19:55:32","modified_gmt":"2019-05-23T17:55:32","slug":"first-ride-the-new-trek-top-fuel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/first-ride-the-new-trek-top-fuel\/","title":{"rendered":"[First Ride] The New Trek Top Fuel"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few days before the Riva del Garda Bike Festival we were invited to the official presentation of the new Top Fuel, Trek’s full-suspension XC \/ Trail weapon.\u00a0You read that right, I also entered the word “Trail”,\u00a0as this is how the bike\u00a0was presented.\u00a0Compared to the previous version it is defined as a more versatile bike, made with more balanced geometry and a lower weight.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Let’s start with geometry.\u00a0In the following images you can easily pick up on what the actual changes made to the frame were.\u00a0It is easy to understand how they wanted to change the soul of the bike, making it a more versatile.\u00a0The thing that amazed me the most was the steering angle, which went from 70 \u00b0 for the 2019 model, to 67.5 \u00b0 for the 2020 model!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Even the suspension\u00a0travel has been revised, the fork goes from 100mm up to 120mm (although it can accommodate up to 130mm of travel) while at the rear it goes from 100mm to 115mm. The fork and rear\u00a0end can now accommodate tires up to 29×2.4″ and at this point there is nothing left to add except that\u00a0frame is equipped\u00a0to handle a dropper seat post from the outset.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The SM size is\u00a0outfitted with a 100mm dropper, 150mm for the MD size while for LG and XL\u00a0it sees 170mm.\u00a0The stem has been shortened and houses a 750mm wide handlebar with a 15mm rise.\u00a0I certainly found it interesting\u00a0that you could transform the front end from a more XC orientation to trail, simply by turning the stem upside down\u00a0and switching between a 13\u00b0 negative stem angle and\u00a0a positive 13\u00b0 angle .
\n<\/a>
\n\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The\u00a0ABP\u00a0suspension system has been updated and is now more efficient in pedaling. In addition the\u00a0Mino\u00a0Link has been moved and now lines up with\u00a0the upper\u00a0shock mount, so as to make it easy to access and change between geometry settings.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

All the Top Fuels are sold with the Mino Link set to “Low” which allows you to have a more aggressive bike and leave the rider with the possibility of setting it to “High”, allowing them to have a\u00a0steeper steering angle and a more vertical saddle angle for increased efficiency in more cross-country style applications.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The\u00a0claimed weights seem interesting considering the use XC \/ Trail intended for this bike.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Here is\u00a0a look at the layouts of the various models (\u00a0here you will find them in detail<\/a>\u00a0).<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

On the\u00a0trail<\/h2>\n

To keep us company on this tour were two icons of the XC world, Italy’s legendary Paola Pezzo and current world cup XC competitor Jolanda Neff.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nThe XC lineage\u00a0of the bike makes itself felt, although my setting was completely trail except for the stem\u00a0which I preferred to keep at the 13\u00ba\u00a0negative position, just to be able to savor both sides of this bike without going to\u00a0either of its extremes.\u00a0The pedaling efficiency\u00a0is impressive,\u00a0unsurprisingly as it has\u00a0always been an XC bike.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The suspension lockout allows you to have a very stiff bike at the rear and let’s you appreciate all the\u00a0of the power that you put into the pedals, but the best part comes when you\u00a0open it up on the single track.\u00a0I first rode it on a trail full of undulations and mixed pitches, where I\u00a0was stunned by the reactivity of the bike. On the few downhill sections its behavior was impeccable, a real trail bike, every rock and root on the ground was\u00a0handled impressively.\u00a0Despite\u00a0having a short amount of travel given the\u00a0pretty aggressive riding, I never got to the end of a ride with the impression\u00a0that I had too little travel!\u00a0At the end of the test, I still had a smile imprinted on my face, so I wondered – what I should do?\u00a0I’m buying it?!?<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Prices<\/h3>\n

Top Fuel 8 NX: 3079 \u20ac
\nTop Fuel Alloy frame: 1999 \u20ac
\nTop Fuel 9.7 NX: 4099 \u20ac
\nTop Fuel 9.8 GX: 5499 \u20ac
\nTop Fuel 9.9 XX1: 8999 \u20ac
\nTop Fuel 9.9 XX1 AXS: 9999 \u20ac
\nTop Fuel Carbon Frame: 3299 \u20ac<\/p>\n

Trek<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A few days before the Riva del Garda Bike Festival we were invited to the official presentation of the new Top Fuel, Trek’s full-suspension XC \/ Trail weapon.\u00a0You read that right, I also entered the word “Trail”,\u00a0as this is how the bike\u00a0was presented.\u00a0Compared to the previous version it is defined as a more versatile bike, made with more balanced geometry and a lower weight. Let’s start with geometry.\u00a0In the following images you can easily pick up on what the actual changes made to the frame were.\u00a0It is easy to understand how they wanted to change the soul of the bike,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5503,"featured_media":204420,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3683,3677],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n[First Ride] The New Trek Top Fuel | MTB-MAG.COM<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/first-ride-the-new-trek-top-fuel\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"[First Ride] The New Trek Top Fuel\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A few days before the Riva del Garda Bike Festival we were invited to the official presentation of the new Top Fuel, Trek’s full-suspension XC \/ Trail weapon.\u00a0You read that right, I also entered the word “Trail”,\u00a0as this is how the bike\u00a0was presented.\u00a0Compared to the previous version it is defined as a more versatile bike, made with more balanced geometry and a lower weight. Let’s start with geometry.\u00a0In the following images you can easily pick up on what the actual changes made to the frame were.\u00a0It is easy to understand how they wanted to change the soul of the bike,\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/first-ride-the-new-trek-top-fuel\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"MTB-MAG.COM\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mtbmagcom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-05-23T17:55:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Foto-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1067\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Stefano Udeschini\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@mtbmagcom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@mtbmagcom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Stefano Udeschini\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/first-ride-the-new-trek-top-fuel\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/first-ride-the-new-trek-top-fuel\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Stefano Udeschini\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/#\/schema\/person\/bc64decf8416f0d9a838d273f6a37338\"},\"headline\":\"[First Ride] The New Trek Top Fuel\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-05-23T17:55:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-05-23T17:55:32+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/first-ride-the-new-trek-top-fuel\/\"},\"wordCount\":674,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Cover\",\"Reviews\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/first-ride-the-new-trek-top-fuel\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/first-ride-the-new-trek-top-fuel\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/first-ride-the-new-trek-top-fuel\/\",\"name\":\"[First Ride] The New Trek Top Fuel | MTB-MAG.COM\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-05-23T17:55:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-05-23T17:55:32+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/first-ride-the-new-trek-top-fuel\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/first-ride-the-new-trek-top-fuel\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/first-ride-the-new-trek-top-fuel\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"[First Ride] The New Trek Top Fuel\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/\",\"name\":\"MTB Mag\",\"description\":\"Mountain Bike Magazine\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"MTB Mag\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mtbmag\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCMFGf3qU0pdIpSx9VaV7qOw\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mtbmagcom\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mtbmagcom\"],\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/MTBMAG-800X800.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/MTBMAG-800X800.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":800,\"caption\":\"MTB Mag\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/#\/schema\/person\/bc64decf8416f0d9a838d273f6a37338\",\"name\":\"Stefano Udeschini\",\"description\":\"Epic Trail School\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/author\/steve-u\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"[First Ride] The New Trek Top Fuel | MTB-MAG.COM","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/first-ride-the-new-trek-top-fuel\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"[First Ride] The New Trek Top Fuel","og_description":"A few days before the Riva del Garda Bike Festival we were invited to the official presentation of the new Top Fuel, Trek’s full-suspension XC \/ Trail weapon.\u00a0You read that right, I also entered the word “Trail”,\u00a0as this is how the bike\u00a0was presented.\u00a0Compared to the previous version it is defined as a more versatile bike, made with more balanced geometry and a lower weight. Let’s start with geometry.\u00a0In the following images you can easily pick up on what the actual changes made to the frame were.\u00a0It is easy to understand how they wanted to change the soul of the bike,","og_url":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/first-ride-the-new-trek-top-fuel\/","og_site_name":"MTB-MAG.COM","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mtbmagcom","article_published_time":"2019-05-23T17:55:32+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1600,"height":1067,"url":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Foto-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Stefano Udeschini","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@mtbmagcom","twitter_site":"@mtbmagcom","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Stefano Udeschini","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/first-ride-the-new-trek-top-fuel\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/first-ride-the-new-trek-top-fuel\/"},"author":{"name":"Stefano Udeschini","@id":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/#\/schema\/person\/bc64decf8416f0d9a838d273f6a37338"},"headline":"[First Ride] The New Trek Top Fuel","datePublished":"2019-05-23T17:55:32+00:00","dateModified":"2019-05-23T17:55:32+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/first-ride-the-new-trek-top-fuel\/"},"wordCount":674,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Cover","Reviews"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/first-ride-the-new-trek-top-fuel\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/first-ride-the-new-trek-top-fuel\/","url":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/first-ride-the-new-trek-top-fuel\/","name":"[First Ride] The New Trek Top Fuel | MTB-MAG.COM","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2019-05-23T17:55:32+00:00","dateModified":"2019-05-23T17:55:32+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/first-ride-the-new-trek-top-fuel\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/first-ride-the-new-trek-top-fuel\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/first-ride-the-new-trek-top-fuel\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"[First Ride] The New Trek Top Fuel"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/","name":"MTB Mag","description":"Mountain Bike Magazine","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/#organization","name":"MTB Mag","url":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mtbmag\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCMFGf3qU0pdIpSx9VaV7qOw","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mtbmagcom","https:\/\/twitter.com\/mtbmagcom"],"logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/MTBMAG-800X800.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/MTBMAG-800X800.jpg","width":800,"height":800,"caption":"MTB Mag"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/#\/schema\/person\/bc64decf8416f0d9a838d273f6a37338","name":"Stefano Udeschini","description":"Epic Trail School","url":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/author\/steve-u\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204706"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5503"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204706\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/204420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}