2020 Fuel EX, who's ridden one?

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2020 Fuel EX, who's ridden one?
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flag jgdblue
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Posted: Jan 12, 2020 at 5:22 Quote
Who has experience with the new 2020 Fuel EX? Looks like a great middle ground between my old 2017 Fuel EX and my Slash.
flag JackkkkkV
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Posted: Feb 24, 2020 at 21:14 Quote
jgdblue wrote:
Who has experience with the new 2020 Fuel EX? Looks like a great middle ground between my old 2017 Fuel EX and my Slash.

I work at a trek retailer and the Fuel Ex is a great bike for 2020, they made some really great improvements to the bike, and. they have the downtube storage I believe. as for comparison to the slash, they are really different categories of bike, the slash is treks enduro race bike with a slack and longer geo and longer travel suspension. Unfortunately trek doesn't really provide a great option for something in between the two models, but I think the newer frame would go towards to slash compared to the 2017 Fuel Ex as trek is a hard believer in the longer slacker treatment when it comes to their flagship bikes.
flag supertac
Posted: Mar 4, 2020 at 20:25 Quote
jgdblue wrote:
Who has experience with the new 2020 Fuel EX? Looks like a great middle ground between my old 2017 Fuel EX and my Slash.

I rode a 2020 9.9 for about 15mins

Bike was a size too large for me, but still felt manageable. Felt quite a bit more slack than a 2018 Specialized SJ Carbon. Even though is was slack and had the bigger/wider 29ers, it still felt as responsive as an older model. Definitely inspired confidence on med sized rocks and drops.

It was really a phenominal riding bike (as should be expected at this price range.)
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