2006 Trek

Fuel EX 8

If the past three weeks are any indication, Trek is going to have a very good year in 2008. Earlier this month, Trek unveiled thenew 2008 Madone. It’s an impressive bike that challenges a number of age-old approaches to frame – and component - design. Lennard Zinn saw the technology first hand, reported on it here and has a more detailed impression in the latest issue of VeloNews, issue 13, due out July 9th. Following that tough act, Trek’s mountain-bike suspension designers, engineers and product managers unveiled a completely new version of the Fuel EX, as a side note to the Madone

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The carbon Top Fuel bikes took pole position in Trek's Fuel range last year. For 2007, Trek have added two aluminium bikes for cross-country racers on a budget. We thrashed the higher end rig, the Top Fuel 8.The frameThe aluminium frame looks similar to the carbon fibre Top Fuel frames, but the whole mainframe has been reworked and lightened, with a lower top tube and wider main bearings in a slightly changed position.

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