To test this bike in those conditions just isn’t fair. This bike is not intended for flat, smooth, easy singletrack.
2019 TREK STACHE 7 SPECS FULL
The Trek Full Stache is a rock-crawling, log-bashing bruiser. I found your review somewhat disingenuous. Instead, the Full Stache seems suited as a decent role player in a quiver of bikes, but not as an everyday rider.
But few of us are lucky enough to regularly go for these types of rides, so the Full Stache basically upends the idea of a do-all trail bike. I suppose compared to the alternative - a hardtail 29+ bike or a trail bike with standard tires - the Full Stache offers some advantages to intrepid backcountry explorers. Honestly I’m not sure what to make of the Trek Full Stache. Perhaps the big wheels just take some getting used to, but for my brief test they just made the bike feet a little clunky. Not only that, the high-ish, 343mm-tall bottom bracket, no doubt necessitated by the tall tires, made the descents feel a little awkward. For starters - and no surprise here - the big tires don’t handle as well as tires with a smaller outside diameter. Pointing the Full Stache downhill, I was slightly less impressed. (Yep, I’m surprised too, but I double- and triple-checked.) The 30T chainring up front takes some of the sting out of all that weight, and once those massive 29+ wheels were rolling, the momentum seemed to keep me trucking uphill at a good pace. for the smallest size - and yet out of the five bikes I tested, I notched my fastest time up the main climb aboard the Stache. The Full Stache is a heavy bike - nearly 34lbs.
While the wheelset features Bontrager hubs, the 40mm rims are Sunringlé. Trek utilizes various Bontrager-branded parts on the Full Stache, including the 35mm diameter, 750mm wide handlebars and the 60mm stem. To me, this suggests the Full Stache is expected to roll through some serious slogs that require a lower gear ratio than a typical trail bike running a 32T (or even a 34T) chainring. Trek chose a SRAM GX Eagle drivetrain for the build, with a 30T chainring up front. I don’t have a lot of experience with the Line dropper post, but in my brief test it worked great, and I love the remote Trek uses. Naturally the Full Stache comes with a dropper post - the Bontrager Line, internally routed - with travel up to 150mm depending on the frame size. (Mixing suspension brands is a little unusual for a Trek build, but is perhaps driven by the fact that there is no 29+ Fox 34 fork available. Trek pairs the RockShox fork with a Fox Performance shock in the rear, tuned with Trek’s exclusive RE:activ tech. Right off the bat, Trek includes a 130mm RockShox Pike RL fork, just to let buyers know this bike isn’t messing around. The short chainstay length promises improved maneuverability, which is crucial for a bike with such a massive tire diameter. This is not only short for a 29er trail bike where the average chainstay length is 437mm, but it’s even shorter than the average 27.5 trail bike as well. The Full Stache features wicked short 427mm chainstays. With that in mind, Trek positions the Full Stache as a bike that can not only survive deep forays into the wild, but also allows riders to shred along the way. Bikepackers seem to have embraced the 29+ wheel size more than any other group, thanks to its ability to roll efficiently mile after mile, while offering the ability to get up and over almost any obstacle. Trek went with a 67.4 degree head tube angle, adjustable down to 67 degrees with the Minolink, which is a nice compromise for a trail bike designed to handle a variety of unexpected conditions. Internal cable routing lends a clean look to the bike. The aluminum frame sports angular, hydroformed tubing painted army green with a matte finish, along with high-vis yellow highlights on the stays. A Straight Shot downtube with Knock Block promises to make the frame stiff and efficient. The Full Stache makes use of Trek’s ABP suspension design, which seeks to minimize the braking force impact on suspension. After all, carbon molds are expensive, and high sales volumes are necessary to recoup those costs. These days it’s a bit unusual for a large company like Trek to launch a new bike in aluminum without a carbon option, so perhaps the company is still feeling out the market for full suspension 29+ bikes. Not only that, there’s only one build available, dubbed the Full Stache 8, though buyers can opt to buy the frameset by itself.
Trek rolled out the Full Stache with just a single frame option made from aluminum. Well, after traveling across the Atlantic to Sea Otter Spain, I had a chance to find out. The all new Trek Full Stache was announced just before Sea Otter California, leaving many of us curious to know what it feels like to ride a 130mm, full suspension mountain bike with massive 29+ tires.
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