2016 trek stache 7 vs 2016 trek farley 7

#2016 trek stache 7 vs 2016 trek farley 7 full
#2016 trek stache 7 vs 2016 trek farley 7 plus

I have already taken apart the stem and greased everything there, as well as re-greased the cassette. My complaints with the Stache are small, I've already taken care of the brakes and the seat post clamp, however unlike my carbon bikes, I still get a few creaks now and again which I'm guessing is some metal-to-metal contact somewhere in the rear end of the bike. I'm starting to wonder if I will even bother riding my two Chiner bikes now that I have the Stache. I like the 68.5 deg head tube angle, the low rise bars, the Bontrager seat isn't bad, and I am enjoying the Bontrager Ergo Comfort grips I put on in place of the basic grips that came on the bike. The geometry provides the most comfortable seating position out of any of my bikes. I also installed a Salsa Liplock seat clamp as the Bontrager quick release clamp was not doing a great job of holding the seat post at a constant height.Īfter three weeks of riding, I'm still totally smitten with this bike. I've installed a set of the new XT (M-8000) brakes and rotors, to me a very noticeable improvement over the SRAM DB5's that came on the bike. I now have a hundred miles on the Stache. I can barely close the hold down straps around each of the tires. The big tires barely fit on my bike rack.

I'm off now to take the Stache on a second ride this afternoon. I've talked with Peter about getting some 50mm carbon 29er wheels with DT Swiss hubs but am undecided if I want to spend the money right now or consider getting a set of 40mm x 27.5' wheels to try with some 2.8' tires like Patrick and Sportinggoods have done. Each tube weighs like a pound so that will help get the bike down to 28 lbs easily. The Sun Ringle Mulefut rims come tubeless ready with valve stems.

I need to get the tubes out, the bike shop said they would have done it for me but the new Chupacabra tires can be difficult to air up tubeless until they have had a few rides on them. All I can say is if anyone has the opportunity to ride one of these, give it a try, you may end up liking it as much as I do. It was a blast following someone else on this bike through fast trail sections, knowing I had so much more grip than he did. I think the bike, with it's immense amount of grip, allowed me to carry speed into corners that he couldn't. I had no room to pass so I stayed close behind until I just plain ran out of breath keeping up with him. I not only caught him on a long uphill gravel climb, when the trail turned and got really fast, I stayed right with him.

#2016 trek stache 7 vs 2016 trek farley 7 full

Towards the end of the ride I met up with two guys, one on a 29er full suspension, he's 15 years younger than me and in much better shape. I just can't find much fault with this new big tire size. In tight sections, the Stache felt great, very maneuverable in the tight bends and around trees.

#2016 trek stache 7 vs 2016 trek farley 7 plus

Where my 2.4' tires would slide around and not give me much confidence that I wouldn't wash out and have a bad day, the big plus tires grip the loose stuff and allow me to go faster with no nervousness. I don't find myself weaving around on the trail dodging obstacles because I don't need to.Īnother noticeable difference with the big tires is over loose downhill gravel road sections. Unlike my 'skinny' tire bikes, rolling over roots and rocks just doesn't slow you down much at all. The bike rolls super smooth and when it comes to rooty, rocky sections of the trail, you just pick a straight line and roll over anything in your path. I could not build a Workswell bike for that, and I liked that I could get the bike quicker and start riding it this week.Īs I have discussed in other posts, the ride a 29+ bike offers is not like anything else. When looking at the purchase from a cost value point of view, the Stache 7 hit a pretty good sweet spot, after the discount the purchase price was $2,160. I wouldn't think the Workswell bike would be very much different, but not having the opportunity to ride one, I stuck with what I knew. Since I was able to do some demo rides at the trails before purchasing, I was able to know how the bike rides before shelling out the cash for another bike. I came close to purchasing a Workswell WCB-M-078 Chinese carbon frame, which is a close copy of the Stache, but in the end decided to give the Trek a chance.