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- Hey, everyone.
Welcome to another bike build.
Today, we are building up the brand new Trek Fuel EX.
Now, it might look very similar
to a past bike build on the EX-E.
This is the acoustic version.
It's all new, obviously no battery included.
This is all human powered.
And Trek has sent me one to gimme
the opportunity to try it out.
I'm super stoked.
It's a little less travel than the Slash.
So for those big pedal missions,
I'm gonna really appreciate that.
We're here at Trek Bikes in Burnaby
and they've graciously let us take a hold
of their shop to build it all up.
Frame only retails for 3,900 dollars US.
You can get that either carbon or aluminum.
And today, we're building up the carbon flavor,
so, let's get to it.
As you can see, I've got Matt helping film this one,
sporting the all new triple black diamond hoodie.
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I'm gonna be running a Rockshox Lyrik
with actually 160 millimeters of travel.
That is 10 more millimeters of travel
than the bike comes with stock.
Reason being more travel, more better.
Luckily this frame comes with adjustable headset cups
so I can slacken or steepen that head angle
if I wanna move it back to something more stock.
But wanna try this out a little bit more travel,
a little bit more squish, I'm stoked.
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This bike, I'm gonna go for Mahalo My Dude Top Cap.
Get some palm tree vibes in there.
- You want a hand?
- No, no, no.
If I drop it, it'll make for better content.
Gonna run Chromag BZA stem here.
It's the stem I run on all my bikes.
Oh yeah baby.
So smooth.
Throw on our handlebar, again.
Chromag, and we are running the OSX 35.
Usually run the 25 mil rise version
and I cut it to 780 width.
Maybe I'll actually properly torque my bolts.
Eight Newton Meters.
- Well you know what?
I'm still here.
So clearly the bike worked,
but I agree if you have a good torque wrench,
use it.
It has a nice little audio indication.
(beeping)
You hear that?
Oh yeah.
Oh yeah, we're torqued.
I'm fully torqued right now.
Super awesome thing about Trek bikes,
threaded bottom brackets.
Oh my god, life is so much easier.
Just gonna throw a bit of grease.
Crank arms going in.
These are these SRAM XX1s borrowed from another bike.
A lot of these parts are either borrowed
or used parts I already had, which is sweet.
I get to repurpose them
and make a brand new custom build.
Front brake SRAM code RSC.
This is actually the same brake that comes stock
on the bike, which kudos Trek.
The stopping power of these is awesome
and it's what pretty much what all of us run
on all our bikes here.
Very, very good brake.
Put on the lever for our AXS Reverb.
It's the wireless post.
Super, super awesome.
This is definitely my favorite dropper I've ever used.
So clean, so easy to install
and never had an issue with it on the trail.
All right, I think it's time to get outta the way.
The only internal routing we'll have to do today
is the rear brake.
Gonna run another SRAM Code RSC, obviously.
However, this frame now features tubes in the tubes.
So there's actually a carbon tube within
the frame that runs back to front, front to back.
And if you throw a cable in it and you feed
the cable through it'll go into that tube
and pop out the front.
It makes everything so much simpler.
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So nice and easy.
And we are ready, boop, for that to have a brake lever.
Grips go on.
I always run the Chromag Palmskin grips
in my opinion, the most comfortable,
and these are on all my bikes.
These are actually off another bike
and they are gonna be nice and pre-worn in for my hands.
And I bet at this point in the video
you're probably wondering Jason,
where'd you get that cool shirt?
Answer, mahalomydude.com.
There's a sale going on right now
and these shirts are super limited.
We tie dye them ourselves.
Very, very limited quantities.
Go there, get one.
They are sweet and I hope I don't ruin it
with grease building this bike up.
SRAM AXS XX1,
Love how quick and easy the system is to install,
pretty much on any bike.
We are going to run a set of Bontrager Line Pro 30
carbon rims.
And to those we're gonna throw on a lightly used set
of Bontrager SE5s.
Really great trail tire, tons of braking traction.
Been a huge fan of these throughout the year.
That's gonna go on front and back as well.
Too much editing.
My hands have become soft.
I need tire levers.
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(air compressor hissing)
(pop)
(laughing) I never get used to it.
All right, two wheels, two tires done.
Uh, made a bit of a mess.
That one was a bit harder to get on,
but we made it. We're there.
200 millimeter HS2 SRAM rotor going on the front.
I have a feeling the comments
are already gonna be like,
he's abandoned the torque wrench already. That Idiot.
I'll bring it back out. Don't worry.
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Big, beautiful rainbow set. SRAM XX1.
So baller, you're gonna throw that on there.
(wheel spinning)
It's a beautiful sounding hub.
Mahalo My Dude fender, available now mahalamydude.com.
This thing is sweet.
It's on all our bikes.
Get one yourself.
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Front wheel going on.
Very easy job with these Rockshox forks.
Paint some grease on the axle.
Always wanna lube your axles.
Rear wheel going on.
Oh yeah, now it's starting to look like a bike.
Throw the chain on there.
Big, beautiful rainbow chain.
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This is the Chromag Lift saddle.
Run this saddle pretty much on every bike
other than the dirt jumper.
Super comfortable.
Did the Quad Crown on this saddle.
And, uh, it's not usually my butt
that's complaining at the end of it.
It's every other body part.
Boom. Some well loved Chromag Daggas,
favorite pedal ever.
- I've taken very, very many gnarly pedals to the shin,
usually actually because the pedal wasn't very grippy
and it, my foot slipped from it
and that caused a lot of stitches and, and sadness.
No bike is complete without a Mahala My Dude sticker,
available now.
Wouldn't be a bike build without weighing it.
What, what's your guess?
- I've never picked up your bike,
but I'm gonna say,
34 point 69.
34 point 69!
- Oh no, is it actually?
- No, it was like 32 pretty much.
- That's pretty dang good.
Pretty dang good.
Well there you have it folks.
That is one brand new Trek Fuel EX all built up.
Super excited to get some time in on this bike.
First ride is actually gonna be down in Colorado
on a group ride, so make sure you subscribe for that video.
And if you wanna know more about
the Trek Fuel EX, hit the link in the description below.
Other than that, thanks for watching.
See you the next one.
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