Other Where are the 2025 Trek Rail+ Gen 5 reviews?

[mintyjim]

Sooooooooooo, the basic £5k aluminium Rail+ or the far better spec'd Cube One77 Stereo Hybrid One77 HPC SLX 800 with carbon mainframe and superior components at £4.5k.

Both could be sourced fairly locally and I don't think the geometry is wildly different either. Couple of kg's less would be nice via the Cube.

Shock horror; I actually prefer the utilitarian looks of the Rail+!

 

[RoJo]

Sooooooooooo, the basic £5k aluminium Rail+ or the far better spec'd Cube One77 Stereo Hybrid One77 HPC SLX 800 with carbon mainframe and superior components at £4.5k.

Both could be sourced fairly locally and I don't think the geometry is wildly different either. Couple of kg's less would be nice via the Cube.

Shock horror; I actually prefer the utilitarian looks of the Rail+!

More than happy to be proven wrong by someone who knows better than me, but I suspect more R&D went into the Rail+ and that it's a low risk option. I ride a Session and while it's not fancy, it gets all the basics absolutely spot on plus it hasn't skipped a beat for 3 seasons of bike park thrashing.

 

[RoJo]

That said, the Mondraker is also worthy of consideration. Ridden one in Finale and it does indeed have incredible balance:

 

[Redlemon]

The bike is proper. Rides very well. People hate the looks mainly.

In the high position travel is 163mm - with a 170mm fork and some better brakes it’s brilliant. (Have tried in this setup with full Ohlins )

I don't think the looks are this bad, however I'm not sure sending all these reviewers matt black bikes was the greatest idea from Trek when they offer some pretty nice color options that would for sure help it look much better.

I prefer having a fat down tube than being forced to use a range extender & backpack to carry water.

 

[mintyjim]

I did see that video, but the Mondraker is not a mullet and you can’t remove the battery, which are my two must haves.
I actually have the previous gen Crafty and I think it’s brilliant!

 

[RoJo]

I did see that video, but the Mondraker is not a mullet and you can’t remove the battery, which are my two must haves.
I actually have the previous gen Crafty and I think it’s brilliant!

Didn't realise you can't remove battery. Doh!

 

[Rob Rides EMTB]

Why Mullet? Explicitly?

Didn't realise you can't remove battery. Doh!

You can remove it (on the latest 2025 model just released!)

 

[Bmg1]

Gutted , back wheel seemed to have eaten my mech and rotated . Was pedalling on level ground and literally have no idea how it happened. I thought a stick or something when into the wheel. Now the udh hanger is stuck in the chain stay and the udh since it rotated has damaged the seat stay. Feels like a mental design and why the udh would not snapped . Never had this happen before . Going to contact the shop and trek to see. Bikes not even a month old.

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