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Enduro bike build - Trek Remedy?

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Turbo Monkey
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A buddy has a trek remedy frame in my size. I am getting more and more interested in this enduro thing and thought it wouldn't suck to add a proper enduro bike to the stable.

I currently have a trek fuel that is 130/120 mm travel. Thoughts were to sell that frame, build remedy for enduro and then build hardtail for XC locally.

Anyone riding the rememdy for that style of riding, how does it pedal? Seems it would descend pretty good.

I haven't done much research on the frame yet, kinda starting off here.


For what its worth I really like my fuel just don't think it would be beefy enough for a true enduro bike....
 
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A buddy has a trek remedy frame in my size. I am getting more and more interested in this enduro thing and thought it wouldn't suck to add a proper enduro bike to the stable.

I currently have a trek fuel that is 130/120 mm travel. Thoughts were to sell that frame, build remedy for enduro and then build hardtail for XC locally.

Anyone riding the rememdy for that style of riding, how does it pedal? Seems it would descend pretty good.

I haven't done much research on the frame yet, kinda starting off here.


For what its worth I really like my fuel just don't think it would be beefy enough for a true enduro bike....
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i have a remedy, fuel ex, and a session.

I race enduros and DH. Here are my thoughts.

The ex is way too small if you are doing a proper enduro. I raced the highland enduro on the fuel ex and it was way too twitchy and scary. Kinda fun tho.

The remedy on some bigger enduro courses out in the PNW is an amazing rig. Pedals well and is just fun to ride. I had to get the shock re tuned for my style, i run more sag than i think the bike was designed around. I dropped a works headset in it and kept the 32 fork. I have the older 9.9 before the mino link. I rode my friends same year 9.9 with a 36 and felt the bike was too tall in the front end.

I think the remedy is much more capable than the ex for enduro racing. I havent ridden my ex in over a year, it sits in the garage now.


I really want to try a slash now. I hope they make a composite version of the slash next season.
 
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confirms my suspiscions....I really want a Covert or a slash, but don't think I will get enough opportunity to ride enduro's too justify the cost in comparison to the Remedy (we're doing some trading). I'd still have to build up the remedy though, just was curious of its capabilities. I know as a trail bike he has absolutely loved it but wanted a larger frame I believe.
 
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Banshee Rider

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I rode the carbon 9.9 for a bit on proper terrain, and it certainly did everything pretty well. For me though it really fell into that middle-child catagory that's home to so many bikes. The catagory where it's noticably more capable than the Fuel EX, but when things get fun, you still wish you had a Slash. Buy based on your terrain, and whether or not you have the money for 1 bike, or 2. This bike fell in that grey area for me. Poor us for having so many rad options!

 
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Banshee Rider brings up a good point...the trek lineup is pretty swell with the fuel @5, the remedy @6, the slash @7, and the session @8. If you're doing lots of DH and enduro, the slash may be a better choice, but I would imagine the remedy will be a bike that you can still use for trail riding without giving up much. A works headset may slack it out, so might short shocking it, so might adding a taller fork.

I had similar feelings on my fuel riding light DH. It was remarkably capable, but it's no DH bike. It was twitchy at times but I felt pretty comfortable on it.
 
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Sandwich said:
Banshee Rider brings up a good point...the trek lineup is pretty swell with the fuel @5, the remedy @6, the slash @7, and the session @8. If you're doing lots of DH and enduro, the slash may be a better choice, but I would imagine the remedy will be a bike that you can still use for trail riding without giving up much. A works headset may slack it out, so might short shocking it, so might adding a taller fork.

I had similar feelings on my fuel riding light DH. It was remarkably capable, but it's no DH bike. It was twitchy at times but I felt pretty comfortable on it.
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I currently own a tr450 for DH, this will be an enduro specific bike if I go that route.

I've thought about a beefier wheelset on my fuel and a 140-160mm fork, but with only 120 in the rear I think it would feel goofy. I currently run my fuel 1x9 with a 50mm stem and some nice wide bars, it feels a lot better on enduro/dh stuff than I ever thought it would, but I know if I were to head out east it would get smoked compared to something like a slash, remedy, covert, etc.

I did ride the 24 hour loop at Seven Springs and bombed a lot of the DH sections and lolligag'd on the uphills, and didn't feel like the bike was holding me back as much as my tire choice was that day....but....I still don't feel like it would be a competitive bike if I were to try out one of these enduro race thingies.
 
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Banshee Rider

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It depends on your local terrain, but your gut feeling that the EX wont cut it is probably pretty spot on. I played that game at a local enduro a couple years ago with my Trance X, set up with a 140 fork and Flow wheelset. By all accounts it was set up well, especially for the anticipated pedaling and climbing. In the end I finished the race well, but I was on the edge of control and definitely limited in a number of sections by the bike. Its amazing how close to DH speeds you travel in the moment. Wheels and tires don't do much in those moments.

The beauty of Enduro is that you gotta run whatcha brung, and if you only have the luxury of owning one bike, it's always easier to run lighter wheels than it is to need more bike and not have it. Bikes are pretty sweet these days - stuff's light, pedals well, works well. The 6-7" bikes are much more capable than their 5-6" little brothers, and don't usually suck that much more to pedal.

 
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I have the '12 carbon remedy, does everything pretty well. Being picky and having a DH back ground i would like to change the fox32 to something a bit stiffer and the DRCV rear shock while being pretty comfy on most terrain gets a bit overwhelmed in g-outs and when boosting turns. Don't think i'll be changing mine whilst i still have a DH bike though.
 
Zark

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The remedy feels like a really balanced trailbike and one great climber. The slash is a lot more cabable on the descents and still climbs great. I like both bikes, for me the slash is more enduro oriented. The remedy could do an enduro race for sure, or a 24 hour race, its really efficient. With an angleset to slack it out a degree and the remedy might be a little more spicy for shred though.
 
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