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  1. az2au

    Comment by 'az2au' in article 'Long travel, long range – the 2025 Trek Slash+ is here'

    Yep. It is a medium and I've now had the opportunity to dial in the suspension quite a bit and I've already seen a lot of improvement on my ability to ride it fast in corners. I still need to hook up my BYB system up and dial it in further but I can say this for sure, don't trust the...
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    Comment by 'az2au' in article 'Long travel, long range – the 2025 Trek Slash+ is here'

    Rode a 30 mile ride with it yesterday on more familiar terrain. Again, I'm going to state up front that I put it in a disadvantage intentionally as I want to find out where I will find this bike most useful. My main focus was on a very non-technical blue trail with around 570' of elevation...
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    Comment by 'az2au' in article 'Long travel, long range – the 2025 Trek Slash+ is here'

    I received mine on Thursday and took it up to Sunrise in Greer, AZ on Friday. I also took my Firebird (non-EMTB) and did 4 runs with the Slash+ and 5 with the Firebird. I was faster on every single run with the Firebird and by a significant margin but I've had that bike for almost 3 years and...
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    Comment by 'az2au' in article 'Long travel, long range – the 2025 Trek Slash+ is here'

    If mine arrives before Friday I will be taking it to a bike park and I can assure you that I'll test it as hard as I'm capable of doing and will let you know if I break the rear triangle (doubtful, likely not a piece of junk ;) ). Scheduled date is 8/29 or 8/30 so not sure yet whether it will...
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    Comment by 'az2au' in article 'Long travel, long range – the 2025 Trek Slash+ is here'

    I just ordered one for fun. FWIW, if it were full power I would have had zero interest. As of this moment, TQ and Fazua are the only motors I'm willing to consider after owning the following: Levo SL, Transition Relay, Transition Repeater, Pivot Shuttle LT, Mondraker Neat RR SL. The Relay and...
  6. az2au

    Where are all the Neat riders?

    It doesn't feel that way to me but that may explain why my XC bikes without a motor have been just as fast or faster on similar trails. I've spent most of my time riding it on trails that have a high level of tech climbing and rock gardens on the descents.
  7. az2au

    Where are all the Neat riders?

    As I've said on MTBR, I agree. The Relay is an amazing bike and I wouldn't switch if I were in your shoes but for others my personal experience has gone like this: 1. Levo SL (2022)-Hated virtually every single thing about this bike and shouldn't have bought it. Whiny motor that annoyed me...
  8. az2au

    Repeater PT First Ride Review

    Sorry for the late reply as I didn’t notice this earlier. I’d probably go with the Repeater but it isn’t a slam dunk. Most of the tech is cool but not a big deal. Coast shift is awesome however. That should come on every bike.
  9. az2au

    Repeater PT First Ride Review

    I did one more 20 mile ride this week and, yeah, I still prefer the Relay but I'm going to give it a month or so to see if I can mess with the assistance settings to get it where I am comfortable with it. Still feels like it is trying to get away from me, even in range mode, on tight switchback...
  10. az2au

    Repeater PT First Ride Review

    Well, I'm a sucker for tech and a huge fan of Transition so I couldn't resist ordering the Repeater PT. I chose the X0 AXS option and received it yesterday. Built it up last night and took it out for a 20 mile, 1500' ride this morning. Now, let me state that unlike a lot of people here, I...
  11. az2au

    Transition Relay Owners how's the bike?

    That is one thing that I should have mentioned that I also had to do. There were two problems when I got the Relay but both were solved within 24 hours. First ride I took to bed the brakes I realized that they were reversed off of what we expect in the US. It was not a problem when bedding...
  12. az2au

    Transition Relay Owners how's the bike?

    I love mine. I've had it for several weeks now, no problems whatsoever and have ridden it multiple times with the battery out as well. I said this somewhere else but if it were 4-6lbs lighter with the battery out then it would be the only bike I own. Range is amazing, power is as much as I...
  13. az2au

    Transition Relay Update

    I received mine on Monday but had to head out of town on Tuesday so won't get to ride it until I get back Friday. Have a Trek Fuel 9.9 to compare it to along with the two bikes I do the vast majority of my riding on (both analog), a Forbidden Druid and a Niner Rip 9 RDO. Initial impressions...
  14. az2au

    Fuel EXe Trek Fuel EXe Megathread!

    I’m 20lbs heavier but my numbers are very similar to yours. 22-24 miles with ~2100’-2300’ gain on my most common routes and the battery is near empty when return. Roughly 2 hours of riding time. I put a kids shotgun on mine and take my 4 year old out often as well. Add 45lbs for him. The most...
  15. az2au

    Fuel EXe Trek Fuel EXe Megathread!

    There are a few places I rid where they take "no motorized vehicles" to mean no pedal assist bikes so I just ride with it off. It is not significantly different than my Niner Rip 9 RDO on those trails. A little but not significant.
  16. az2au

    Fuel EXe Trek Fuel EXe Megathread!

    If I have time to do it I’ll definitely take a pic. If I don’t then I’ll be out of town until early Jan so it’ll have to wait.
  17. az2au

    Fuel EXe Trek Fuel EXe Megathread!

    Int Interesting. I am running the XX1 chain. Based on this perhaps I'll put the one I have on this weekend.
  18. az2au

    Fuel EXe Trek Fuel EXe Megathread!

    You are absolutely correct. I was stumped by this and had to ask someone. I used a pair of channelocks with no teeth to do it. These to be exact. It was not what I expected at all.
  19. az2au

    Fuel EXe Trek Fuel EXe Megathread!

    There’s a setting that will automatically record as long as you switch to “Ready to ride” shown in this screenshot
  20. az2au

    Fuel EXe Trek Fuel EXe Megathread!

    Anything you record should be under the history tab.
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