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TREK SLASH 9.9 X0 GEN 6 REVIEW

Words by Drew Rohde  |  Photos by Staff

After nearly six months of abuse, conversations with Trek Bikes HQ and a YouTube Service Bulletin video full of interesting comments, we’re kicking off the new year with a high pivot, Gen 6 Trek Slash review that should be another great conversation piece as one of the hottest bikes of 2023. We’ve been fans of many of Trek’s bikes over the last few years from the Session DH bike to their Fuel EX and Fuel EXe and of course, the last generation Slash . We first rode the Gen 6 Trek Slash during Crankworx Whistler, where we filmed a Dissected Feature with their engineer: Trek athlete Casey Brown and more. Since then, we spent the rest of summer in the bike park, pedaling backcountry trails and yes, filming a service video on the famous “Chain dropping” issue that commenters had us thinking was affecting nearly everyone who owned one of these bikes. But…as the saying goes, don’t believe everything you hear. Even if you don’t believe what we’ve got to say when it comes to the goods and bads of the new Trek Slash, we think you’ll find it entertaining at least.

QUICK SPECS

• 170mm High Pivot ABP Suspension • Mixed Wheel (29”F/27.5”R) as standard, dual 29” option • HTA 63.3 • STA 76 (effective) • REACH 490 (Large)

FULL BUILD SPEC

CHASSIS Frame: OCLV Mountain Carbon | 170mm Fork: RockShox ZEB Ultimate 170mm | Charger 3 RC2 Shock: RockShox Vivid Ultimate 230x65mm

COCKPIT Brakes: SRAM Code Silver | 200F/R Centreline rotors Bar/Stem: Bontrager RSL Integrated | OCLV Carbon | 820mm | 27.5mm Rise | 35mm Length Headset: Integrated Sealed Bearing Seatpost: RockShox Reverb AXS | S: 100mm, M-XL: 170mm Saddle: Bontrager Arvada

WHEELS Hubs: Bontrager Rapid Drive 108 Rims: Bontrager Line Pro Carbon Front Tire: Bontrager SE6 Team Issue | 29″ x 2.5″ Rear Tire: Bontrager SE5 Team Issue | 27.5″ x 2.5″

DRIVETRAIN Bottom Bracket: SRAM DUB Threaded Cassette: SRAM Eagle XS-1295 | T-Type | 10-52T Cranks: SRAM X0 Eagle | T-Type | 30T | 165mm length Shifter: SRAM AXS POD Ultimate | 12s Derailleur: SRAM X0 Eagle AXS | 12s

Downhill performance is incredible

Rear suspension plush yet solid

Fast and Confident

Bike Park shredder

Vivid Ultimate

WE DON’T

3 Dropped chains (fix appears to work)

Steep, chunky climbing

About The Trek Slash Gen 6

Packing 170mm of travel out back, the new Trek Slash claims to be a 70/30 bike, meaning Trek designed the bike to have a 70% downhill bias with a 30% nod to climbing and uphill capabilities. Needless to say, this isn’t your run of the mill XC or all-mountain bike. It’s designed and built for riders who prioritize downhill speed, composure, and confidence on the gnarliest terrain over efficiency and climbing performance.

Since this review is likely going to get a bit long, we’ll link to our Dissected Feature which has a written interview, all the tech details and a video interview and presentation on the Gen 6 Trek Slash. If you’d like to check that out, click here.

If the CliffsNotes version works for you then we’ll gloss over a few key features:

FRAME AND FEATURES

Updated for 2023, the high pivot Trek Slash Gen 6 can be run with a number of wheel size configurations and can take up to a 190mm travel fork but comes with a 170mm fork and mixed-wheel setup as standard. Riders can choose a full 29er race machine, 27.5” aggro-shredder or put a dual crown 190mm with a mullet and have a mini-Session bike park rig.

With many people loving the last generation Slash, some may have wondered why Trek opted to go to a high pivot and run two idlers? Well, with Trek’s other bikes creeping up in capability and riders wanting to go faster and bigger, it seems many brands are making their bikes bigger and burlier, and of course, more high-pivoty. Trek Slash engineer, Matt Yerke told us that even though the bike’s 70% focused on DH performance, they took time to keep it versatile and pedal-friendly, as a mountain bike should be. Did they deliver? We’ll see down below.

BUILD SPECS AND VALUE  

With bikes starting at $4,399 and going up to $11,499, our Slash 9.9 X0 AXS sits on the higher end of the spectrum at $9,399 and comes with a dialed spec. If we were spending our own money however, we’d likely be checking out the Slash 9 or Slash 9.8 XT models.

Chain Drop Service Bulletin and Notes from Trek

We published this How To Video to address some of the popularized videos and comments talking about chain drop on the new Trek Slash. After publishing this video and seeing all the comments, we reached out to Trek as it had us reconsidering our official stance on the long-term review you’re about to see below. The statement below from Trek, which we are taking as truthful, made us feel better and also aligned with our notions of what we’ve observed. Trek passed our concern around their Customer and Dealer Service teams and below is a small excerpt.

“First off, Trek Bicycles and I would like to acknowledge that it is frustrating to buy a nice new bike that doesn’t work exactly like it should out of the box. Luckily however, it has been a very small number of people affected and thankfully they have been far less upset than what online commenters may have you believe.

Trek’s customer service team has actually received way more calls about internet comments talking about chain drop than actual Slash owners who are experiencing the issue. We have found that a handful of riders said the fix did not entirely solve their dropping issues. We have sent out early units of our updated idler wheel to that handful of riders, one of which is Ryan Howard, who has been spending a ton of time on his Slash. We’ve been pleased to hear that those riders are no longer having any drop issues.

These will ship to dealers at no cost for any Slash owners who want to get one.” – Ross Rushin // MTB Product Manager

When evaluating the new Gen 6 Trek Slash 9.9 X0 AXS against the previous generation Slash and current offerings from other brands in this genre, the Slash commands attention. As with any purpose-built product, the things that make it excel can also alienate or turn off others. I’m traditionally not a huge fan of high pivot bikes, though I’ve grown to like mid-high pivot bikes for certain applications. Rocky Mountain’s Powerplay eBike and the Trek Session , which we reviewed last year, are two examples of mid-high pivot bikes that I like quite a bit.

Chances are you’ve already heard the touted claims of high pivot bikes since they’ve been so heavily marketed over the last couple of years, so we’ll save you the pitch. What is undeniable though, is that they can charge over terrain and obstacles a bit better than other designs, but only if they are tuned and designed well. We have ridden some high pivots that don’t really improve much, but suffer the downsides of a high pivot, but we’re happy to report that Trek has avoided this ill fate.

SETUP | Setting up The Trek Slash was one of the easier tasks of the year. It required almost zero tuning, customization or tinkering with to feel amazing. If you’ve read our older Trek reviews, you may recall us being a bit critical about the tune being a bit too mellow, which led to heavier or more aggressive riders needing to add maximum volume reducers or going our route, contacting Fox Shox to weasel a Trek Factory Racing tuned shock, which did wonders for the bike. This is no longer an issue as Trek seem to have finally identified that if they’re going to design an aggressive bike for aggressive riders, they need to have a shock and tune that are ready for it.

The most time-consuming part of our review bike’s set up was removing the one-piece Bontrager bar and stem combo unit and replacing it with our favorite OneUp Components Ebar and stem. This resulted in a better body position and way less hand fatigue.

DESCENDING | Trek has done a great job of making the new Slash’s suspension absolutely devour hits of all sizes. The RockShox Vivid Ultimate rear shock only compliments the insane capability of the Slash’s rear end. It is possibly the smoothest, best feeling rear suspension I’ve felt in a while. For me, a rider who loves smashing, gapping and floating rough, chunky downhill trails, it offers a very nice platform for support and control, but gets out of the way offering a bottomless and smooth feel. I could have been tricked into thinking a coil shock was mounted out back based on the composure and smoothness.

When it comes to downhill performance, the Trek Slash may be the best descending mountain bike we rode in 2023! It absolutely shreds trails with ease and begs to go faster. Whether we were lapping blown-out end of season bike park trails or remote backcountry downhills, the Slash leads the way. In fact, we can’t think of any bikes that aren’t downhill bikes that we’d want to ride in a bike park more than the Slash. The speed this bike carries, composure over braking bumps, big and little hits as well as the way it corners make it a really impressive machine.

The downside is, the compliance combined with the weight, makes this bike a little bit tougher to jib on smaller features at slower speeds. It absolutely still gets off the ground and is fun to play on, it just requires a bit more muscle to get it up and tweaked. Granted, this rocket ship wasn’t designed with lower speeds in mind, and it shows with a list of Personal Records that our various testers achieved.

Another downside is that the bike does have more stuff to go wrong. Whether you’re one of the unlucky riders dropping chains – which we did three times before the service bulletin addressed the issue – or not, more moving parts, extra chain links, and more nooks and crannies all mean more chances for things to go wrong.

CLIMBING | Along with the above concerns, the climbing performance of the Gen 6 Slash certainly isn’t what its outgoing sibling offered. Since taking possession of the Trek Slash 9.9 XO AXS we’ve had four riders put time on it. Two of which owned previous generation Trek Slashes. All riders agreed, like Trek claims, this bike is a definite 70/30 bike, and the climbing performance is tolerable in certain situations like fire roads and smoother trails, but can be a struggle on more steep, technical trails with larger obstacles that want to eat your momentum.

The weight is noted, and while the drag may be a claimed 3%, it felt a bit closer to 10% in practice. That could be exacerbated by the lengthening rear end – yes, the same thing that makes high pivots so great, also works against it.

It’s been a while since we graduated but, we think someone smart once said something about actions having reactions, but we didn’t pay close attention in school so maybe we’re making it up. Either way, when speeds are low, the grade steep and effort high, we found that the rear end could “stall” as we tried to pedal over roots or rocks, sucking our energy and momentum in the process. Much the way the rear end grows to get up and out of the way of an impact while descending, as you climb and hit an obstacle, the front continues to creep up the hill as you grind away at the pedals. However, the rear wheel goes backwards before going up and that delay can make it feel like you’re pedaling harder to get up and over that obstacle, which means more energy and slower times. Of course, this bike wasn’t designed to race up the hill, it’s meant to go down. If your energy is spent on the way up, however, it could be worth considering you may be more fatigued when that race timer starts.

FINISH AND VALUE | Now, as amazing as the bike is, we did in fact drop the chain three times over the six-month test period we had. Since the repair, we didn’t drop the chain, however we only had a few rides on it before winter hit, so we can’t say with 100% confidence it’s gone, but we are pretty certain that with the updated spacing and especially the new idler wheel, we’d be in good shape. You may want to wait until the updated idlers hit, hopefully February of 2024, but in the meantime the chain dropping issue may not be quite as bad as commenters may have you believing.

The rest of the bike is a nicely put together package. Trek paint had some years known for being a bit, soft we’ll call it, and while it’s still not as durable as we’d like, it’s a lot better. Though we’d recommend a frame wrap, of course, we’d recommend that on any bike, so maybe not a surprise there. If you stop, look closely and examine the details of this bike, it does look very nice, has quality bits, nice hardware and a very classy overall appearance. Trek have done a nice job making this a drool-inducing bike.

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Price: $9,399 Weight: 36.4lbs Website: Trekbikes.com

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2024 Trek Slash

Wheel Size:

  • Size Small: 27.5’’
  • Sizes Medium through XL: 29’’ front / 27.5’’ rear (29’’ compatible)

Travel: 170 mm rear / 170 mm front

Geometry Highlights:

  • Sizes offered: S, M, M/L, L, XL
  • Headtube angle: 63.3° (Default setting, adjustable)
  • Seat tube angle: ~77° (Varies by size and geometry setting)
  • Reach: 488 mm (size Large)
  • Chainstay length: 434 mm (size Large)

Frame Material: Aluminum and carbon fiber versions available

Price: Complete bikes: $4,400 to $11,500

Blister’s Measured Weight: 36.6 lb / 16.6 kg (Slash 9.8 GX, Large)

Reviewer: 6′, 170 lb / 183 cm, 77.1 kg

Test Duration: 3.5 months

Test Locations: Washington, British Columbia

David Golay reviews the 2024 Trek Slash for BLISTER

The Slash has been a longstanding part of Trek’s lineup — dating back to the days of 26’’ wheels — as their long-travel Trail model and eventually their Enduro race bike once that category emerged.

The fifth-generation Slash debuted a little over three years ago now, so it isn’t a big surprise that a new version has now surfaced. However, some of the new design details suggest it’s a more substantial update than simply “half a degree slacker here, a few millimeters longer there.”

The prior-generation Slash was arguably a touch conservative in some aspects of its design and geometry even back when it launched, but you’d be hard-pressed to say the same about the new sixth-generation bike — it’s gotten a big overhaul in just about every facet, and there’s a lot of interesting stuff going on here.

The Slash is now a 170mm-travel bike with a high-pivot layout — clear indications that it’s meant to be a big, gravity-oriented bike. But Trek makes it clear that they mean for the Slash to pedal well and climb efficiently, and say it’s intended to be confidence-inspiring for all sorts of riders on rugged descents, not a super game-on bike for only the hardest chargers out there. But what has Trek done to make that happen? Let’s check out the new Slash.

[And for a bunch more on the new Slash, including its design goals and how Trek went about achieving them, check out Ep.186 of our Bikes & Big Ideas Podcast with the lead engineer on the project, Matt Yerke.]

David Golay reviews the 2024 Trek Slash for BLISTER

Like the fifth-generation Slash, the sixth-gen one is offered in your choice of an aluminum or carbon fiber frame, in sizes ranging from Small through XL with an ML snuck in the middle. It uses Trek’s longstanding ABP suspension layout — essentially a linkage-driven single pivot with a pivot between the chainstay and seatstay that’s located concentric to the dropout, to give a floating brake mount akin to a Horst link bike.

The big visual change is that the suspension layout has been reconfigured to feature a much higher main pivot, necessitating the use of an idler pulley to reign in the interaction between the rear suspension and chain forces, both in terms of anti-squat and pedal kickback. That idler pulley is on the larger side for high-pivot bikes (19 teeth) and is mounted to the chainstay substantially offset from the main pivot. This is in contrast to Trek’s Session DH bike, which mounts its idler concentric to the main pivot; that said, some of Trek’s athletes have been spotted riding what looks to be a prototype chainstay on the Session that moves the idler to a more Slash-like spot below and behind the main pivot.

David Golay reviews the 2024 Trek Slash for BLISTER

Trek co-developed a lower chain guide specifically for high-pivot bikes, in collaboration with MRP, in order to increase chain wrap around the chainring, improve chain retention, and mitigate derailleur clutch movement (and in doing so, improve small-bump sensitivity from the suspension). That guide actually came out a while ago as the “MXg” and is designed specifically for high-pivot bikes such as the Slash. It includes an integrated bash guard and features a larger-than-average 14-tooth roller to reduce how much the chain has to flex, thereby keeping drivetrain drag to a minimum. It bolts to the lower two mounts of a set of ISCG-05 tabs (the Slash includes all three, though it’s not compatible with conventional upper chain guides due to the idler pulley); an integrated upper guide over the idler is included. The Slash is designed around a 55 mm chainline crank (as featured on SRAM’s new Transmission groupsets ) and uses a threaded bottom bracket shell. Despite the extra pair of pulleys, the Slash takes a standard 126-link chain in all sizes apart from the XL (which needs 128 links, due to its longer chainstays — more on those below).

David Golay reviews the 2024 Trek Slash for BLISTER

[It’s not labeled in this graph, but Trek says that the published numbers are in a 30/21 gear ratio, with the center of gravity sitting 800 mm above the bottom bracket.]

A flip chip in the sixth-gen Slash’s lower shock mount toggles between two different leverage curve settings, producing either ~20% or ~25% of progression in generally straight lines. A 230 x 65 mm shock produces 170 mm of rear wheel travel and the funky through-shaft shock used on the prior-generation Slash is no more, replaced by a standard RockShox Vivid on most of the complete builds (more on those below). Air shocks are spec’d throughout, but Trek says coils work just fine, too.

Speaking of the lower shock mount, it’s a bolt-on part that can be swapped to toggle between a 27.5’’ and 29’’ rear wheel on the size Medium through XL frames, paired with a 29’’ front wheel. The Small frame gets 27.5’’ wheels at both ends to keep the stack height in check for shorter folks. Interestingly, all the builds and sizes (Small excepted) come in the mixed-wheel configuration, only, with the 29’’ shock mounts sold separately for folks who want to make that conversion.

To round out the frame adjustability, Trek also offers offset angle-adjusting headset cups to toggle between three different headtube angle settings, as previously seen on the Fuel EX and Fuel EXe Al. Bikes ship with the neutral cups installed; the offset ones are available separately. The upper cup is a drop-in installation, but the lower one is a press-in affair.

David Golay reviews the 2024 Trek Slash for BLISTER

Trek was one of the first companies to offer in-frame storage on mountain bikes, and the new Slash continues the trend with a hatch under the water bottle mount on all frame sizes, in both the aluminum and carbon fiber frames. Cable routing is fully internal, with ports for the rear brake on both sides of the head tube, for folks who run their rear brake on the left side. The Slash features ample rubber guards on the chainstay, seatstay, and downtube, with the downtube guards bolting on for easy replacement should they get damaged. Trek says they’ve also applied a layer of an impact-resistant film underneath the paint on the carbon frames to further protect the frame from damage. A bolt-on rear fender is included as well, though Trek says it’s only compatible with a 27.5’’ rear wheel — there’s not enough clearance with a 29’’ one.

Trek specs the Slash with a 170mm-travel fork, but says that a single-crown fork up to 190 mm travel can be used if you want to go that route. Dual-crown forks, on the other hand, aren’t currently approved, though Trek says that they simply haven’t tested them enough to say for sure either way, so it’s possible they’ll be condoned at some point in the future. Trek has also done away with the Knock Block steering-limiting headset on the new Slash, and single-crown forks easily clear the downtube.

Fit & Geometry

Trek offers the Slash in five sizes, Small, Medium, ML, Large, and XL, with the reach ranging from 430 mm to 508 mm in roughly 20 mm increments. The headtube angle is 63.3° for the Medium frames on up (the Small steepens very fractionally to 63.5°). The effective seat tube angle is around 77° (varies slightly by size), with a still-pretty-steep 74° actual angle for the whole size range. There’s no kink in the seat tube on the new Slash, so dropper post insertion has been greatly improved — Trek says you can bottom a 200 mm post to the collar on a Medium frame. The chainstay lengths now vary by size, with the Small starting at 429 mm and the XL topping out at 439 mm; the Medium comes in at 429 mm, and the ML and Large share 434 mm stays.

All of those numbers are in the stock geometry configuration (i.e., neutral headset cup, mixed wheel sizes on Medium and larger sizes, dual-27.5’’ wheels on the Small). Going to a full 29’’ configuration on the sizes that support it steepens the headtube and seat tube by 0.2°, adds almost 6 mm to the chainstay length, and increases the reach by a couple of millimeters. Installing the offset headset cups either steepens the headtube angle by 0.8° or slackens it by 0.7° with fractional changes to the other geometry numbers.

David Golay reviews the 2024 Trek Slash for BLISTER

[There’s a typo in Trek’s listed geometry charts, above — the reach on the XL frame in the mullet configuration should be 508.1 mm. And for the full range of charts, including with the offset headset options, check out Trek’s website.]

Those are really nice-looking numbers for a modern Enduro bike. If anything stands out as being a little bit unusual, it’s the fairly short chainstay lengths in the 27.5’’ rear-wheel settings. That said, it’s worth bearing in mind that the high-pivot layout and notably rearward axle path that it produces means that the Slash’s stays are substantially longer at sag, and continue to grow as it cycles deeper into the travel. That’s also why the chainstay length changes so much between the 27.5’’ and 29’’ rear-wheel configurations, and it’ll be interesting to see just how much the different rear-wheel options impact the ride of the Slash. We’ve got a set of the optional 29’’ rear wheel shock mounts for our test bike and will be finding out.

Trek offers the Slash in seven complete builds, with pricing ranging from $4,400 to $11,500. There’s a mix of SRAM and Shimano drivetrains in here, but apart from the entry-level Slash 8, all builds get some variant of a RockShox Vivid shock and ZEB fork (with the exact version varying by build tier). As per usual for Trek, builds with a whole number indicate aluminum frames, and “9.X” denotes a carbon one.

David Golay reviews the 2024 Trek Slash for BLISTER

  • Drivetrain: Shimano XT w/ Deore crank and SLX chain
  • Brakes: Shimano Deore 4-piston
  • Fork: Fox 36 Rhythm
  • Shock: Fox Float X Performance
  • Wheels: Bontrager Line Comp 30
  • Dropper Post: Bontrager Line
  • Drivetrain: SRAM GX Transmission
  • Brakes: SRAM Code Bronze Stealth
  • Fork: RockShox ZEB Select+
  • Shock: RockShox Vivid Select+
  • Drivetrain: Shimano XT
  • Brakes: Shimano XT 4-piston
  • Wheels: Bontrager Line Elite 30 Carbon
  • Dropper Post: Bontrager Line Elite
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David Golay reviews the 2024 Trek Slash for BLISTER

Some Questions / Things We’re Curious About

(1) The new Slash clearly looks to be a true, modern Enduro bike, with geometry and suspension numbers that should make it quite stable and composed at speed. But how versatile is the Slash, and how well does it pedal? Is it an ultra-planted sled of bike (a-la the Norco Range) or is it more well-rounded than that?

(2) How does the Slash stack up against many of the other high-pivot Enduro bikes that have been flooding the market of late, including the Norco Range , Forbidden Dreadnought , Nicolai Nucleon 16 , Cannondale Jekyll , Kavenz VHP 16 , Contra MC , and more?

Bottom Line (For Now)

Trek’s first high-pivot non-DH bike has been a long time in the making — check out Ep. 186 of Bikes & Big Ideas for a lot more on that, including how Trek considered making the Fuel EX a high-pivot. But it’s finally here, and the new Slash looks to be a compelling take on the genre. We’ve already been spending a lot of time on the Slash and will be logging a lot more miles on it in the months to come — stay tuned for our full review.

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FULL REVIEW

On paper, the new Trek Slash looks like one of the more emphatically descending-oriented Enduro bikes out there, with 170 mm of travel at both ends and a high-pivot layout derived from their Session DH bike .

We’ve been spending a lot of the summer and fall on the new Slash, and it is indeed very stable, composed, and confidence-inspiring when going very fast on steep, rough trails. But is it just a big bruiser of a bike, or is it more versatile than its numbers might suggest? And how does it stack up against a bunch of the other Enduro bikes out there? The answers are pretty interesting.

David Golay reviews the Trek Slash for Blister

Fit & Sizing

Trek’s recommended sizing for the Slash puts me (6’ / 183 cm) squarely in the middle of the sizing band for the Large frame and outside of the overlapping regions for the M/L and XL sizes. That feels pretty on the money — I had an easy time getting comfortable on the Large Slash and wasn’t ever tempted to deviate from that size. If I were to make any changes to the Slash’s fit I might be tempted to bump up the stack height a little bit. Fortunately, the fork’s steerer tube came cut long enough to allow a hefty stack of spacers, and I wound up swapping out the stock bar for ride-quality reasons anyway (more on that in a minute); a 30 mm rise one suited me nicely.

The Slash’s seat tube is fairly steep (about 77° effective / 74° actual) and the pedaling position feels moderately compact relative to the roomy ~490 mm reach — pretty typical for a modern Enduro bike, but not to the point of feeling awkward on flatter climbs or anything like that.

I honestly don’t have a ton to say here — the Slash fits and feels pretty normal for a modern Enduro bike, and I mean that as a compliment. I had an easy time getting comfortable on it, without anything quirky or surprising going on. And given its relatively small 20 mm steps in reach between sizes, most folks should be able to find a size that works for them.

The Slash is a long-travel high-pivot bike, and even with its carbon fiber frame, carbon wheels, and not-super-heavy tires, our size Large Slash 9.8 GX review bike weighs in at 36.6 lb / 16.6 kg without pedals. Given that, I didn’t have the highest expectations for the Slash’s climbing performance when I first threw a leg over it, but it easily cleared the low bar I’d set in my head — the Slash pedals quite well for what it is. As is the case with pretty much every other ~170mm-travel Enduro bike out there, the Slash isn’t particularly interested in climbing quickly, relative to most shorter-travel “Trail” bikes, but if you’re okay with taking things a little easier and spinning (rather than sprinting) your way to the top, the Slash is impressively efficient.

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Even with the shock’s climb switch open, there’s not a ton of suspension movement under power, so long as you keep your pedal stroke reasonably smooth. The quite-firm climb switch on the RockShox Vivid adds a very solid platform if you want it. I found myself mostly not bothering with the climb switch very often — the Slash genuinely pedals quite well without it, and I found the loss of traction and comfort to rarely be worth the modest increase in efficiency. That said, I like the combination of a bike that doesn’t need a climb switch and a shock with a notably firm climb setting for the times you really want to eke out every bit of efficiency. I’m a big fan of how the Slash pedals.

As per usual for high-pivot bikes, the Slash does feel like its drivetrain efficiency falls off more quickly as the chain gets dirty and poorly lubed, relative to most bikes with a more conventional drivetrain layout. But provided that the chain isn’t too horrendously gritty and/or dry, the added drag from the extra couple of pulleys on the Slash feels modest. Straight out of the box, there was a bit of noticeable extra noise from the main idler pulley under pedaling, but that quieted down after a ride or two as things wore in, and the overall amount of drag from the Slash’s drivetrain feels very manageable.

The Slash is also a pretty good technical climber, especially from the standpoint of combining solid pedaling efficiency with very good rear-wheel traction under power. As is generally the case with long, low, slack bikes, the Slash can feel like a lot of bike to maneuver through rough, tight, ledge-y sorts of climbs, but it doesn’t feel unduly tough to manage in those circumstances — it just is a long, slack bike, and the tradeoffs there are typical of bikes with geometry numbers like that of the Slash. When things get really tight and awkward, a shorter-travel, more nimble bike is going to be easier to manage, but for the sorts of climbs where the main challenge is simply maintaining rear-wheel traction and keeping momentum, the Slash does quite well.

David Golay reviews the Trek Slash for Blister

Especially in the stock mixed-wheel-size configuration, I did find myself wanting a bigger chainring than the stock 30-tooth one — the 30 x 52 low gear combination, paired with a 27.5’’ rear wheel, felt too low to be useful in most circumstances, and on some of the steeper climbs around here, I found myself wanting a gear between first and second. It would, of course, be an easy fix to swap in a larger chainring if you end up feeling similarly, though I (at least partially) solved the issue by swapping in a 29’’ rear wheel for much of my time on the Slash — a setup that I wound up personally preferring mostly for handling reasons, as I’ll describe in more detail below.

While the Slash does a commendable job of getting to the top under human power, it’s a bike that’s meant for the trip back down. So:

The Slash is, unsurprisingly, quite composed and confidence-inspiring when it comes to riding steep, technical trails at speed. It’s stable and planted without being so glued to the ground that it’s all that difficult to “get light” on and skip over holes and rougher bits. It also carries speed quite well when given enough pitch and space to let the bike run a bit. None of that should come as a surprise for a 170mm-travel high-pivot bike. However, the Slash does an especially good job of doing all that smash-y big-bike stuff while also being impressively intuitive and comparatively manageable in slower, tighter spots and/or when you’re taking things easier.

David Golay reviews the Trek Slash for Blister

Of course, that’s all relative — the Slash is a long, slack, bike, and it’s not going to trick you into thinking you’re on a much more nimble, shorter-travel one when things get tight and awkward. But the Slash is very consistent and predictable, and that goes a long way toward making it easy to manage in a wide range of situations. The Slash’s braking performance is quite neutral, and it doesn’t have the same kinds of handling quirks that some bikes with ultra-rearward axle paths can display as the rear center (and therefore the balance point on the bike) changes wildly though the travel (e.g., the Forbidden Dreadnought ). The Slash is generally just very, very intuitive in both its handling and suspension performance.

Not needing to translate and react to what the bike is doing simply makes the Slash easy to get on and go, whether you’re flat-out charging or just want to have an easier time while riding steep, difficult trails. As with pretty much every bike in this sort of travel range, I wouldn’t recommend the Slash if you’re not going to be taking it down steep, technical descents on the regular. But for what it is, the Slash is pretty versatile, both in terms of the sorts of riders who I can see getting along with it, and in that feels more manageable than a lot of other similarly composed, stable bikes when you’re not going flat out.

The Slash also does a relatively good job of still being able to maintain speed by pumping — not a strong suit of high-pivot bikes in general — and otherwise facilitating a more dynamic, active riding style for being as stable and composed as it is when you just want to let the bike plow. That “relatively” is important — we’re talking about a big, very stable bike after all, and if you’re after a truly lively, energetic ride, you’d be better off with something lighter, shorter-travel, and more compact. But the Slash is impressively well-rounded for what it is.

David Golay reviews the Trek Slash for Blister

The fact that the Slash doesn’t feel exceptionally glued to the ground and eager to iron out every little bump probably helps in that regard. When you start going faster and hitting things harder, it is quite composed and confidence-inspiring in how it deals with bigger impacts and compressions, but isn’t exceptionally plush and cushy feeling on smaller chatter. It does a good job of maintaining traction on off-camber roots and the like, but does still transmit a bit of feedback about what the wheels are doing. Some bikes (e.g., the Norco Range ) iron out every bit of trail chatter more completely than the Slash. However, those bikes also tend to feel “dead,” less rewarding and energetic when loading them up to pop off something, and/or lack support through the middle part of the travel. The Slash hits a really nice middle ground there.

On that note, I found myself preferring the more progressive of the Slash’s two linkage settings; it offered improved bottom-out control and support deeper in the travel, especially when carrying speed into a really rough section of trail, where the lower progression setting felt slightly more prone to settling deeper in the travel and feeling slightly less balanced in how the bike used its front and rear travel. It’s not a stark difference by any stretch, and the lower progression setting feels plenty useable, especially for folks who want to make the Slash a little more supportive and lively in the beginning part of its travel. It’s easy to toggle back and forth, especially if you also loosen the two bolts that fasten the lower shock mount plates a turn to make aligning the shock hardware easier, and is worth experimenting with if you’re curious.

Wheel Sizes

Toggling between the Slash’s stock mullet wheel configuration and the optional full-29er setup doesn’t make for a massive change in the Slash’s character, either, but offers a relatively subtle twist on the same overall recipe in roughly the ways you’d expect. The smaller 27.5’’ rear wheel option makes the Slash a little quicker handling and correspondingly not quite as stable at speed, but I’d say the bigger difference is that it moves the Slash’s preferred balance point forward and biases it more toward being ridden with weight over the front wheel — bear in mind that the mixed-wheel configuration also shortens the chainstays considerably. The mixed-wheel setup also makes the back end quicker and easier to come around if you keep the front end weighted. The more you want to, well, slash and drift turns, the more the mullet configuration is likely to make sense; the 29er setup makes the Slash’s sweet spot feel bigger, especially if you’re riding it more centered and loading up the bike through the pedals in corners.

David Golay reviews the Trek Slash for Blister

I found myself preferring the matched 29’’ wheels for that reason — they just give me a bigger platform to move around on the bike without upsetting its weight distribution between the wheels. As a result, they made it easier for me to push hard at speed. The mixed-wheel setup was more fun on trails where the Slash was borderline overkill and arguably makes it a little more versatile overall.

Still, the Slash is a big, descending-oriented bike that just happens to be a little more versatile than many other bikes that are similarly composed at speed in rough terrain, rather than a truly versatile all-rounder, so I found myself preferring to lean into what the Slash does best and emphasizing its stability and composure with the dual 29’’ setup. That said, I’m widely on record as not being the biggest fan of mixed-wheel bikes in general — especially those with shorter chainstays, and the Slash’s get substantially shorter in the mixed-wheel configuration. So that’s probably at least as much a confirmation of my general preferences as it is a reflection on the Slash itself.

The Slash’s frame (at least the carbon version; we haven’t been on the aluminum one) also feels very stiff overall, which has both pros and cons relative to some less stiff frames. Perhaps most interesting has been the Contra MC that I’ve been testing alongside the Slash (more on that below, and full review coming soon). The quite-stiff Slash frame feels notably precise and direct in how it responds to rider inputs, and very predictable when it comes to being able to feel how the rear wheel tracks through corners when there’s a lot of lateral load on the bike. The downside is that the Slash transmits more small chatter and feedback than a lot of less stiff frames (the MC being a particularly good example). The Slash’s suspension still provides good overall grip and does a nice job of maintaining traction on chattery, rooty sections, but it simply doesn’t feel quite as smooth or planted as I think it might if the frame was a bit less stiff.

David Golay reviews the Trek Slash for Blister

Chain Retention

And now for the elephant in the room. There’s been a lot of chatter across various corners of the internet about the Slash dropping chains left and right, and while I did drop the chain a few times over the course of my testing, it seems to be solvable, and ultimately a matter of chainguide setup. Here’s how it all went during my testing:

The Slash showed up as most review bikes do: mostly assembled, with the front wheel and handlebars removed in order to box up the whole thing. I started with the chainguide installed as it came from Trek; I dropped the chain off the underside of the chainring fairly quickly. The chainguide pulley looked like it was positioned pretty low, so I rotated it upward a bit, increasing the amount of chain wrap around the chainring, and everything was solid — no more dropped chains.

But then Trek sent a note saying they’d sent some early bikes out with the chainguide installed incorrectly, and things got a little more complicated. MRP, who make the lower guide, put together a document explaining how to set it up, with two main points: (1) there should be 7 mm of spacers between the ISCG tabs and the guide itself, to align the pulley with the chainring and (2) there should be a specified gap between the head of the chainguide mounting bolts and the end of the slot for them on the guide, setting the height for the pulley. Our bike showed up with 6 mm of spacers, and even after I’d previously clocked the guide upward, it was still quite a bit lower than MRP suggested, so I set everything up to their spec… and started dropping the chain a lot more regularly — this time off the inside of the pulley on the chainguide.

David Golay reviews the Trek Slash for Blister

I followed up with Trek, and got word back that they’d been hasty in sending out the last set of recommendations — the 7 mm spacing was correct, but the pulley should be positioned lower than the MRP document called out, with 32 mm of spacing between the underside of the chainstay protector and the top of the pulley. And once I moved the guide back down to that setting, the chain stayed put — no more trouble again.

While that might seem counterintuitive, it makes some sense. Rotating the guide higher does increase the amount of chain wrap around the chainring (and therefore improves retention there) but also decreases the amount of chain growth along the lower run of the chain as the suspension cycles on the Slash — so that portion of the chain loses tension as the suspension compresses. Lowering the pulley a little bit increases tension on the lower portion of the chain as the suspension cycles, and for me, stopped the chain from coming off the chainguide pulley.

It’d certainly be nice if the chainguide setup wasn’t as sensitive, but there does seem to be a Goldilocks setting that works well. While I didn’t measure super precisely, the middle setting that I ran the guide in for the bulk of my testing was pretty close to the 32 mm spacing that Trek later recommended. Through that period, I had no issues with dropping the chain (even with the sub-optimal 6 mm spacing from the frame), nor did I have dropped chains after going to Trek’s stated 32 mm chainstay-to-roller gap and correcting the frame-to-guide spacing to 7 mm.

The build on our Slash 9.8 GX T-Type review bike is generally quite solid, though it’s not an especially great value for the money, at $8,000. The SRAM GX Transmission works well, and I’m a fan of the RockShox ZEB / Vivid suspension package; I didn’t miss the Buttercups (ZEB) or high-speed compression adjuster (Vivid) on the Select+ versions here too badly, as compared to their top-tier Ultimate counterparts. I was also glad to get the 200mm-drop Bontrager Line Elite dropper as compared to the 170mm-max RockShox Reverb AXS that comes on the 9.9 X0 build (I’m still very, very surprised that RockShox has yet to release a longer version). I didn’t get along with the shape of the Bontrager RSL one-piece bar / stem combo that comes on the higher-end 9.9 builds when I tested it on the Fuel EX earlier this year, and I also found the Bontrager Line Pro one that came on our Slash to be very, very stiff. I swapped it out for something more compliant and comfortable (a Spank Spike Vibrocore).

David Golay reviews the Trek Slash for Blister

I also wasn’t a huge fan of the stock Bontrager SE6 front / SE5 rear tire combo — they work alright in drier conditions, but their relatively firm rubber doesn’t inspire much confidence on wet roots and rocks, and I also didn’t take long to put a couple of small holes in the casings. I swapped those out for beefier, grippier rubber (Continental Kryptotal DHs) for most of the test period, which felt better suited to the Slash’s capabilities.

While I was swapping wheels around, I also took the opportunity to put on a 220 mm front brake rotor. The SRAM Code Bronze Stealth brakes are a substantial improvement over the Code Rs that they effectively replace as the entry-level Code offering (I think mostly because they feature the Swinglink lever cam that the Code Rs lacked). But they’re still not the most powerful brakes out there, and the bigger front rotor helped on that front.

I would also love to see Trek offer the option for some full-29’’ builds on the Slash, at least in the larger sizes. Mullets are trendy and I absolutely get their appeal, especially for shorter folks on longer-travel bikes who could use some more tire-to-butt clearance. But as I described earlier, I personally clearly preferred the 29er setup on the Slash and it’d be nice to have the option without having to buy another wheel.

David Golay reviews the Trek Slash for Blister

Who’s It For?

The Slash is a big, burly bike and is best suited to folks who are going to spend most of their time seeking out steep, technical descents — and try to ride them at pace. While it’s not the most engaging at lower speeds and on mellower trails, the Slash does pedal notably efficiently for what it is. It also does a very respectable job of not feeling completely out of its element if you’re taking things easier, and is generally very predictable and intuitive in its handling. The Slash would be a great Enduro race bike for folks whose preferences trend toward wanting a bike on the more stable, planted end of the spectrum, or those who just want a very confidence-inspiring bike for tackling big descents that still pedals to the top quite effectively, too.

David Golay reviews the Trek Slash for Blister

Bottom Line

The latest Trek Slash is undeniably a lot of bike — we’re talking about a 170mm-travel high-pivot platform, after all. It’s quite stable at speed, very composed and confidence-inspiring on steep, rough trails, and is less engaging on flatter, more mellow trails than most shorter-travel options out there.

But the Slash also pedals quite efficiently and does a surprisingly good job of feeling manageable in a relatively wide range of scenarios, beyond just wanting to charge on really burly descents. It would be nice to see a stock 29er option for the Slash, but as is it’s a great option for folks who want an especially stable, composed Enduro race bike, or a bike that’s particularly confidence-inspiring on very steep, rough descents while still pedaling relatively efficiently, and being a little more lively than most similarly planted and composed options, too.

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Trek makes some great products and I’m sure they have done a ton of testing, but having owned an idler bike (cannondale jekyll), I will never own a 2 idler bike.

Nice and thorough review. I was looking forward to your comparison to the Nomad v6, any quick thoughts?

Pretty different. The Slash actually pedals a little more efficiently but is more stable at speed and less nimble / easy to throw around. And especially with the Slash in the stock mullet configuration they prefer quite different body positioning, with the Nomad favoring a much more centered, upright stance.

At a quick glance the most strikingly similar design to the Slash seems to be the Kavenz VHP 16 which was an interesting bike reviewed earlier this year. As someone interested in the Kavenz because of your exposure I’d love to know how they compare. Otherwise, another great review!

Good call, though they don’t remind me of each other that much.

The Kavenz is more lively, nimble, and generally playful feeling; the Slash is more stable, planted, and feels more focused on going fast / outright composure at speed. The Slash feels fairly manageable in tight spots and on mellower trails for what it is, but the Kavenz is quite a bit more versatile overall.

What if you could try the Kavenz with the newer longer chainstays? Seems like a lot of straight line stability and nimbleness comes from the chainstays.

I’d want to try it before I say anything definitive, but the Kavenz with the new adjustable length chainstays (and tweaked sizing — I’d probably go up to an XL on it now, especially with longer chainstays) seems really intriguing.

Exhaustive. Can you pls compare the Slash to HD6?

We’ve been trying to get on an HD6 but haven’t been able to make it happen yet, unfortunately.

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2021 Trek Slash 9.8 Review

2021 Trek Slash 9.8 Review - Thunder Mountain Bikes

The day has finally come; the new 2021 Trek Slash 9.8 is here! We’ve been curious what Trek would end up doing for the new Slash, and here’s a quick rundown. We even have a new Slash 9.8 large in stock! For rentals, we have the Slash 8, large & x large in stock and ready to rent!  

A few changes that we could have predicted: longer reach, slacker head angle, steeper seat tube angle (steeper for Trek standards, but still a degree more conservative than smaller brands), and a downtube storage compartment. The surprising change was the bump up in travel, going from 150mm / 160mm to a whopping 160mm / 170mm layout. Combined with the 29er wheels and beefy 38mm stanchion forks, this will be a beast of a bike. Compared to the previous iteration, we see this as being much more of a big hitter enduro or bike park style bike. 

Another small change that we’re happy to see is the improved range of the Knock Block. We’ve always felt the steering radius was a tad too tight on the previous Knock Block, whether it’s a tight switchback or merely putting the bike in your car. This more significant steering range could be a small, but a considerable improvement over the previous Slash. 

Knowing Trek, the OCLV carbon layup will put this bike on the lighter end for this category. We’ve always been impressed with how light our previous Slash builds have turned out. Even while being a monster truck, this should be an excellent bike to climb high up and access those long rough descents. Here in Sedona, picture riding up Schnebly Hill dirt road, all the way up to the Mogollon Rim, and bombing Munds Upper Cut to Munds Wagon all the way back to town! That would be sweet! This Slash would be the ultimate ride on a long, rough descent like this. 

What sets this bike apart from the crowd? We’re happy to see the downtube storage compartment. It’s a small detail, but it’s really convenient. Even if you’re on the chairlifts at a bike park, this would still be a considerable convenience for carrying a few extra tools and a jacket without having to wear a hip pack or strap things to your frame. Speaking of downtubes, we are glad to see additional downtube armor guards covering the entire length of the downtube. Much better solution compared to frame tape or ride wrap. 

Another detail we like about Trek is the sizing. With modern mountain bikes getting longer and longer, the gaps between sizing can be huge. Trek has maintained a M/L size, perfect for all of us in that ‘tweener height range. Take, for example, the newest Giant Reign 29er, that bike has a reach difference of about 40mm between the medium and large! Or look at the Santa Cruz Megatower, with a size large reach of 470mm, that would be equivalent to this new Trek Slash in the M/L, with the Slash large being between the Megatower large and XL. If you’re about 5’10 or above - you’ll want to look into the Slash size range. 

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First Ride: 2024 Trek Slash

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The brand new 2024 Trek Slash is undoubtedly the most radical iteration yet

The Trek Slash has been a big player amongst the long travel trail and enduro crowd since it debuted back in 2011. It’s evolved considerably over time, being one of the few bikes on the market to have worn all three wheelsizes throughout its lifespan. We were impressed when we tested the latest version back in 2021 , which we called the ‘iron fist in a velvet glove’. Indeed its ability to monster truck through the filthiest rock gardens while remaining smooth and poppy made it one of the more versatile enduro race bikes on the scene.

Since then Trek has since rolled out a number of key models, including the high pivot Session and the mega-adjustable Fuel EX . These bikes introduced some clever new tech, which has given Trek’s engineers plenty to draw from when putting together the recipe for the upcoming Slash. The result of that big melting pot is the 5th generation of the US brand’s big travel enduro bike; the 2024 Trek Slash.

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An overview of the 2024 Trek Slash

The 2024 Trek Slash is now equipped with 170mm of travel front and rear. Complete bikes come set up in a mullet configuration with a 29in wheel up front and a 27.5in wheel out back. The exception is the Small frame size, which is purpose-built around 27.5in wheels at both ends.

On the M-XL frame sizes, it is possible to set up the Slash as a full 29er. There’s clearance for a 29in rear wheel, and thanks to an interchangeable shock mount, Trek says the geometry and suspension kinematics are maintained when switching between the two setups.

The shock mount can also be adjusted to tweak the rear suspension’s leverage rate. Set it up in the linear mode for use with air shocks, or put it in the progressive mode to better suit coil shocks.

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Speaking of the rear shock, you’ll no longer find the custom Thru Shaft Super Deluxe on the back of the Slash. Trek has been making a conscious move away from proprietary tech on its full suspension bikes, and the Slash follows suit with most models equipped with an off-the-shelf RockShox Vivid Air shock.

A high pivot hero?

Like the latest Session, the new Trek Slash adopts a high pivot suspension design. The hype around high pivots may have died off a little over the past year, but there’s no denying the advantages they can bring to the trail when it comes to eating up square-edge impacts at speed.

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The main pivot on the Slash is mounted partway up the seat tube where it’s accompanied by a big 19T idler pulley. The larger diameter is said to reduce drag, and it should offer improved wear life too. You’ll spot that the idler is offset from the main pivot, which is to modify the anti-squat characteristic. According to Trek the anti-squat level hovers around 100% nearly all the way through the travel.

There’s also a lower idler manufactured by MRP, which claims to reduce chain growth underneath the chainstay to prevent the chain from tugging on the derailleur cage. It provides considerably more chain wrap around the chainring, especially compared to a bike like the Norco Range .

Trek continues to build its four-bar suspension platform with the ABP pivot that is located concentrically to the rear axle. The goal here is to neutralise braking influence on the rear suspension, which can be a problem on high pivot bikes.

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Trek Slash geometry & size chart

As with the latest Fuel EX, the 2024 Trek Slash adopts modular headset cups that allow you to tweak the head angle by up to a degree each way. The head angle sits at 63.5° out of the box, though it can be adjusted to be as slack as 62.5° or as steep as 64.5°.

We’re glad to see a steeper seat angle on the new Slash, which clocks in at around 77° depending on the frame size. The seat tube is also shorter and has less of a bend, which allows for a big improvement in insertion depth. Trek says a Medium frame will easily swallow a 200mm travel dropper post.

As with the latest Fuel EX , the Slash varies its rear centre length between sizes from 430-440mm. Trek achieves this by modifying the location of the BB shell on the mainframe, which means that the chainstays and seatstays are actually the same on all frame sizes.

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Frame features galore

To suit its big-hitting intentions, the Trek Slash incorporates masses of frame protection with bolt-on plates underneath the downtube that includes a dedicated shuttle guard.

The carbon frames also feature ‘integrated carbon armour’, which is an additional layer that’s moulded into the laminate during construction.

Trek has also developed one of the chunkiest chainstay guards we’ve ever seen, with a heavily textured design that aims to mitigate chain-slap. Lurking between the seatstays is a neat bolt-on mudguard, though this does have to be removed if you wish to run a 29in rear wheel.

The Slash incorporates fully guided internal cable routing, and mechanics will be pleased to see regular ports on either side of the head tube. Downtube storage carries over from the old model, though the design has been updated with a new latch system, and it’s worth pointing out that all of the plastic components are made from 100% recycled plastic. Nice touch Trek!

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2024 Trek Slash price & specs

There will be six models available in the 2024 Trek Slash lineup.

Prices will start at $6,999 AUD for the Trek Slash 8, which is the only alloy model coming into Australia. The rest of the range utilise the OCLV carbon frame, with prices topping out at an incredible $19,499 AUD for the Slash 9.9 XX1 AXS model. Sheesh!

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2024 Trek Slash 9.9 XX AXS

  • Frame | OCLV Mountain Carbon, ABP Suspension Design, 170mm Travel
  • Fork | RockShox Zeb Ultimate Flight Attendant, Charger 2.1 RCT3 Damper, 44mm Offset, 170mm Travel
  • Shock | RockShox Vivid Ultimate, 230x65mm
  • Wheels | Bontrager Line Pro 30, OCLV Carbon Rims, 29mm Inner Width
  • Tyres | Bontrager SE6 Team Issue 2.5in Front & SE5 Team Issue 2.5in Rear
  • Drivetrain | SRAM XX Eagle AXS Transmission 1×12 w/34T Carbon Crankset & 10-52T Cassette
  • Brakes | SRAM Code Ultimate 4-Piston
  • Bar | Bontrager RSL Integrated, OCLV Carbon, 27.5mm Rise, 820mm Width
  • Stem | Bontrager RSL Integrated, OCLV Carbon, 35mm Length
  • Seatpost | RockShox Reverb AXS, 34.9mm Diameter
  • Saddle | Bontrager Arvada, Austentite Rails
  • RRP |  $19,499 AUD

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2024 Trek Slash 9.9 X0 AXS

  • Fork | RockShox Zeb Ultimate, Charger 3 RC2 Damper, 44mm Offset, 170mm Travel
  • Drivetrain | SRAM X0 Eagle AXS Transmission 1×12 w/34T Alloy Crankset & 10-52T Cassette
  • Brakes | SRAM Code Silver 4-Piston
  • RRP |  $17,499 AUD

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2024 Trek Slash 9.9 XTR

  • Drivetrain | Shimano XTR 1×12 w/34T Alloy Crankset & 10-51T Cassette
  • Brakes | Shimano XTR 4-Piston
  • Seatpost | Bontrager Line Elite, 34.9mm Diameter
  • RRP |  $15,499 AUD

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2024 Trek Slash 9.8 XT

  • Fork | RockShox Zeb Select+, Charger 3 RC2 Damper, 44mm Offset, 170mm Travel
  • Shock | RockShox Vivid Select+, 230x65mm
  • Wheels | Bontrager Line Elite 30, OCLV Carbon Rims, 29mm Inner Width
  • Drivetrain | Shimano XT 1×12 w/34T Alloy Crankset & 10-51T Cassette
  • Brakes | Shimano XT 4-Piston
  • Bar | Bontrager Line Pro, OCLV Carbon, 27.5mm Rise, 820mm Width
  • Stem | Bontrager Line Pro, 35mm Length
  • RRP |  $11,599 AUD

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2024 Trek Slash 9.8 GX AXS

  • Drivetrain | SRAM GX Eagle AXS Transmission 1×12 w/34T Alloy Crankset & 10-52T Cassette
  • Brakes | SRAM Code Bronze 4-Piston
  • RRP |  $10,499 AUD

2024 trek slash 8

2024 Trek Slash 8

  • Frame | Alpha Platinum Alloy, ABP Suspension Design, 170mm Travel
  • Fork | Fox 36 Rhythm, GRIP Damper, 44mm Offset, 170mm Travel
  • Shock | Fox Float X Performance Series, 230x65mm
  • Wheels | Bontrager Line Comp 30, Alloy Rims, 29mm Inner Width
  • Tyres | Bontrager XR5 Team Issue 2.5in Front & Rear
  • Drivetrain | Shimano XT 1×12 w/34T Deore Crankset & 10-51T XT Cassette
  • Brakes | Shimano M6120 4-Piston
  • Bar | Bontrager Line, Alloy, 27.5mm Rise, 820mm Width
  • Stem | Bontrager Elite, 35mm Length
  • Seatpost | Bontrager Line, 34.9mm Diameter
  • Saddle | Bontrager Verse P3, Chromoly Rails
  • RRP |  $6,999 AUD

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Check out Moscow’s NEW electric river trams (PHOTOS)

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Water transportation has become another sector for the eco-friendly improvements the Moscow government is implementing. And it means business. On July 15, 2021, on the dock of Moscow’s ‘Zaryadye’ park, mayor Sergey Sobyanin was shown the first model of the upcoming river cruise boat.

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The model of the electrical boat with panoramic windows measures 22 meters in length. The river tram - as Muscovites call them - has a passenger capacity of 42, including two disabled seats. The trams will also get cutting edge info panels, USB docking stations, Wi-Fi, spaces for scooters and bicycles, as well as chairs and desks for working on the go. The boats will be available all year round, according to ‘Mosgortrans’, the regional transport agency. 

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Passengers will be able to pay with their ‘Troika’ public transport card, credit cards or bank cards. 

The main clientele targeted are people living in Moscow’s river districts - the upcoming trams will shorten their travel time in comparison to buses and other transportation by five times, Mosgortrans stated. 

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As the river trams are being rolled out, Moscow docks will also see mini-stations, some of which will also be outfitted with charging docks for speed-charging the boats.  

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Moscow is set to announce the start of the tender for construction and supply in September 2021. The first trams are scheduled to launch in June 2022 on two routes - from Kievskaya Station, through Moscow City, into Fili; and from ZIL to Pechatniki. 

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“Two full-scale routes will be created in 2022-2023, serviced by 20 river trams and a number of river stations. We’ll continue to develop them further if they prove to be popular with the citizens,” the Moscow mayor said .

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April 30–june 21, 2003.

Moscow: City, Spectacle, Capital of Photography , an exhibition of 20th-century photographs of Moscow, opens at Columbia University's Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery on Wednesday, April 30, 2003 and remains on display through Saturday, June 21, 2003.

Moscow has been a powerful magnet for many Russian photographers of the 20th century. Moscow: City, Spectacle, Capital of Photography presents the work of 31 photographers, whose images have defined the visual experience of Moscow from the 1920s to the present. Diverse in form and strategy, the 90 photographs chosen for the exhibition trace the history of Russian documentary photography and offer insight into individual practices. From Aleksandr Rodchenko's constructivist visions and Evgenii Khaldei's humanist landscapes to Igor Moukhin's scenes of urban spectacle and alienation in the works of Russia's key 20th-century photographers, Moscow ventures beyond the expected image as a site of famous landmarks, architectural treasures and dramatic lifestyles.

Early 20th-century photographers Boris Ignatovich and Arkadii Shaikhet saw themselves in the vanguard of an emerging mass-media culture, defining with their cameras the visual experience of Soviet modernity. For nearly 70 years, Soviet photography was assigned the duty of maintaining the ideological rigidity of the Soviet State. Yet, as examples of the work of Iakov Khalip, Anatolii Egorov, Mikhail Savin, and Mark Markov-Grinberg show, Soviet photographic practices were much more complex than has been previously acknowledged. The works of these photographers remain intensely compelling to a modernist eye.

Contemporary Russian photographers, such as Lev Melikhov, Valerii Stigneev and Sergei Leontiev, engage with the legacy of the Soviet documentary photography. But for them the documentary is a complex and multivalent genre, which incorporates subjectivity, ambiguity and reflexivity and comments on social and cultural issues without losing sight of the position from which that commentary is made. In the recent photographs by Vladimir Kupriyanov, Igor Moukhin, Anna Gorunova and Pakito Infante, the "real" space of Moscow is replaced by an imaginary and optical spaces of virtuality.

The works in the exhibition are on loan from Moscow's Cultural Center Dom, and many are being shown outside Russia for the first time. In conjunction with the exhibition, the Wallach Art Gallery is publishing an illustrated catalogue with a scholarly essay by the exhibition curator, Nadia Michoustina, a Ph.D. candidate in Columbia University's Department of Slavic Languages. The essay presents a nuanced history of Russian photography of the 20th century, and contributes to an interpretation of extraordinary images.

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