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Sounds like you've got a sick build now! Yew!

@@sledshed Thanks, but a workplace promotion has almost stopped me from using the bike.

I'm 5'10" and I ride the size Large Remedy.

@@sledshed so u picked a "taler" frame for your size?

@@NK-mi2yn at my height I'm right in-between the M/L or the L and yeah I went with the taller/longer option. Even as a Large it's still only a 455mm reach bike, which is fairly short for a L by modern bike standards, so it's kind of the perfect bike to size up on. I've always preferred a more stretched out feel ever since I got into mtn biking back in 2008 and have been sizing up since then.

@@sledshed ah OK. I tested M/L and L today. M/L felt a bit better. Maybe because I've got a bmx background. Im a bit scared, a shorter frame could be less stable downhill. I think I could ride both sizes, but I'm really not sure jet😕

@@sledshed I'm 5, 9 by the way, and sorry for my English 😅

Yeah I do! Since I made this video I also tried the Giro Chamber 2 shoes and then went back to riding the Rally's and haven't looked back. The comfort level for me is just too high to not wear them. Full disclosure: I did end up breaking some sort of stiffening component in the sole at one point, I had my duffel bag on the ground, rifling through it, and I was kneeling with all my weight (175 lb) resting on my foot, which was bending the shoe in half and I felt something in the sole snap. Trek/Bontrager was awesome though and sent me a new pair of shoes at no charge, covered under warranty.

I would say that's mostly an accurate statement. I think they're designed with almost the exact same customer in mind and for the same intended terrain/riding style, with the difference being that Roscoe customers are either more budget oriented, or they have a decided preference for hardtails.

@@sledshed… or in my case the want to train more skills and a hardtail is less forgiving. For example if you land not properly. An another reason is the less maintenance in muddy conditions in autumn and winter. Maybe an Enduro bike for the Bikeparks in summer.

@@s.neuhaus1512 totally. That would fall under the category of what I was suggesting when I said " they have a decided preference for hardtails" :) I get it! Plenty of folks who feel that way.

Marlin 7's about equal with where I started and not a bad spot to be! Took me a few years before I was ready to drop the kind of coin needed for a high-spec bike. I will say, the nicer the bike the more fun mtn biking becomes! You'll get there!

Thanks man! Hopefully we're in a nice moisture pattern when you come! There's a few runs featured in this video, first is combination of Wandering Moose and Slim's Shot, there's then a few shots from The Ugly, Headwall, and The Good. The last run shown is in the sidecountry between Fred's Mountain and Peaked Mountain, requiring a short hike to then ride down Mary's Nipple.

@@sledshed Lmaoo you’re the best! I’m soo pumped to come out there and this video made me 10x more excited. There’s 11 of us coming from Chicago and we’re meeting up with another 5 friends that moved to Jackson last year. We’ll be at the mountain the 12th and 13th. Do you hit Targhee often?

@@quinngallagher6497 Haha right on. That sounds like it should be a good time. I ride at The Ghee as often as I can. We haven't had as many powder days this year because of a persistent high pressure ridge that left us high and dry almost the entire months of January and February. I've still been up there almost every Saturday but I've been on the Shoshone lift with my 5 year old and 3 year old kids. Gotta pass on the stoke to the next generation!

At the time of filming I was on the Remedy, but I later owned the Fuel EX so I have a lot of experience with both. Both are awesome bikes in their own right but as we attempt to highlight in the video they're just awesome in different ways. The other point which we kind of talk about but don't entirely point out is that there are all kinds of modifications and adjustments that can be made to make any bike more brutish or more lively, so even if you want one trait to become more dominant than another you don't have to get a new bike, oftentimes there's plenty of options to get what you want with the bike you're already on. That said I still think sometimes there are times when having the actual right tool for the job is the best way to go. I've got a Slash on order currently so pretty soon I'll be able to speak on all 3 platforms lol.

No doubt! All of them are super solid choices. That's more or less the point of the video is to show that they're all awesome, they just work better for different people in different terrain or riding situations. Thanks for the view and the comment!

You can't go wrong with a Fuel EX! If there's a swiss army knife of a bike it's the Fuel EX. And this current iteration of the FEX is a ton of fun to ride! Congrats on the new bike! (soon)

@@sledshed Since I ride the Superfly 5 with flat pedals I am starting with that but the only upgrade I have planned is to go clipless. I have had a couple of nasty crashes in the woods so clipless makes me nervous but I know it would give me more power and control.

@@nothingelse1520 Should be pretty good to go right out of the box! It's always fun to tinker and swap stuff out but definitely not necessary. Outside of the direct comparisons between frame platforms the other thing we were attempting to highlight with this video is that by making a few changes here and there its very possible to eek out extra performance to suit your personal riding style and your local terrain. But yeah, not necessary per se. I'm sure going clipless you'll be able to add some efficiency to your rides. I also like clipless to help keep my feet in place through rough terrain. But I often swap between flats and clipless depending on the day, the terrain, and my goals for the ride.

Most definitely!

Sounds fun! The Slash is a great bike to introduce yourself to those things with :) Thanks for the view and enjoy your summer!

Thanks so much!

Thanks for the view and for the inquiry! If it was me, and I was riding an even mix of XC and Bike Park I'd probably say go with the Fuel EX. If you're pretty certain that you're going to start doing a lot more bike park and you're more concerned with playfulness I'd go Remedy, or if you're going to start doing a lot more bike park and you're more concerned with going fast I'd go with a Slash. That's not to say that a Remedy can't go fast, or that a Slash can't be playful, as frustratingly vague as that is to say, but they have slightly different riding characteristics that lend themselves well to one goal or the other.

Thank you for the detailed explanation! Stay safe 😀

Do you have any opinion about stump jumper/stumpjumper evo?

@@rnovoselsky I've never ridden one myself. I will say that at least on paper if I was in the market for a Stumpy that I would most likely lean towards the Evo for my own riding style/preference. I'm more concerned with how fun the bike is on the way down than how efficiently it climbs.

Thank you for your opinion! Now I have only Remedy and Evo in my shortlist... Tough choice =) Big thanks man👍

Too true! The newest version of the Top Fuel came out after this video was uploaded but in it's newest iteration it's become a very viable trail/downcountry option that could easily have been compared with this group of "do it all" mountain bikes from Trek!

Hey Mario! Thanks for the view and the comment. I really enjoyed my Remedy with the increased travel on the front fork! It was an awesome bike the way it came with 160mm as well. Personally I bumped it up because I knew I was heading to an enduro race with a lot of really steep terrain with lots of drops and the increased travel, taller stack height, and slacker head angle boosted my confidence. I would say that if you're happy with the way the bike handles then there's no need to worry about it, but if you've got an event coming up, or you're just looking to squeeze out some extra downhill performance, then I'd definitely recommend giving it a try. I didn't feel like there were any cons, only pros :)

Thanks for the advice.... I'm planning race few Enduros so I will hit the 170mm, do you recomend high or low position on minolink??

@@mariopazmino160 for an enduro race I would definitely recommend the low position! The high position puts you in a better climbing position, but you're not timed on the uphill portions in an enduro race, so the low position drops the bottom bracket just a tad, lowering your center of gravity ever so slightly, and that helps you turn better going downhill. Cheers!

I can definitely feel the mallet enduro pedal better with the Bontrager Rally than I can with my 5.10 Maltese Falcon. I think the primary reason for that is that it seems the cleat is sucked up into the sole more on the Rally than they are on the 5.10s, effectively lowering the sole of the shoe onto the pins of the pedals better and creating more contact surface area. I can't speak to how the other 5.10's are with Mallets, like the Kestral or Hellcat, since I haven't tried those yet. As for a comparison to the Giro Chamber II's that's probably my next video! I've just spent about 3 months on the Giro's. They're an awesome shoe, quality feels great, sole rubber seems grippy, shoe is comfortable enough (not quite to the luxurious level as the Rally, but definitely acceptable) and the sole is a little stiffer than the Rally; but I've been having a bear of a time getting out of my mallet enduro pedals quickly with them. I may spend a little more time playing with the cleat position on the Giro's, I've already gone back and forth with the cleat shim, I've wondered about taking a dremel to the sole near the cleat to give it a little more space, but I recently switched back to the Rally's to help answer someone else's question/comment on this video and I was blown away at how much easier it was to get out of the pedals with the Bontrager Rally as I'd already started to get accustomed to how hard it was to get out with the Giro's. I've pretty much decided I'll switch back to my Rally's full time, until something else catches my eye.

@@sledshed That solves it for me then :) Thanks for the in depth response

I haven't ridden these shoes in a while as I've been testing a pair of Giro Chamber II's. I've kind of forgotten. I'll wear them again later this week and report back.

I rode these shoes again over the weekend and can happily report that they're much easier to get out of than my Giro Chamber II's. Getting unclipped has actually been a continuing struggle for me with my Giro's but I kept hoping they would get better with time. After switching back to these Bontragers I'm honestly going to have a hard time ever wanting to wear the Giro's again...

Thanks so much, just bought the bontrager shoes

And how do you feel about simply adding tokens to the standard 920 shock that has no ramp adjust?

@@insanebmxthomas Thanks for checking out the video! The Scott Bike part number is 272443 for this rear shock. Unfortunately it looks like it's currently out of stock going direct to Scott, there might be a dealer out there that has it but unfortunately I don't. Adding tokens could be the way to go if you're needing some more ramp up. I can't say I've done that with that specific shock but I've done that with other bikes. Definitely makes a difference if you're needing some more progressivity out of your shock.

@@sledshed thanks man! Really helpful! i live in europe so i might have better luck trying to find that shock. Since you asked for suggestions in the video, do you know about the twinlock/dropper under-bar lever? I believe its a scott product :)

@@insanebmxthomas No worries! Glad to help. Yeah this bike came with the under the bar twinloc remote but I liked the over-the-bar option, primarily to make swapping from one bike to another a little easier to get used to since this way the dropper remote is always in the same spot no matter which bike I'm riding.

Right on! Thanks for the view! Yeah it's a great place! We feel blessed to have grown up riding here. It's changing! Hopefully it never loses it's awesome vibe :)

This is a size Large

The Slash is a rad bike! Especially the newly redesigned version that came out after we created this bike comparison. The new Slash climbs even better than the last version, and the new updates to the geo are spot on! I think it still doesn't change the fact though that the Fuel EX makes the most sense for the vast majority of riders out there. This most recent version of the Fuel is the rowdiest Fuel yet, and it feels very at home in the air, slashing berms, and plowing through some chunk. It's a bonus that it's also very fast on the flatter and flowy sections of trail. It's been interesting to see people over-forking them by adding 1cm of travel and then running a 27.5" wheel in the back to turn it into a slopestyle/trail bike.

@@sledshed Which would you prefer for A-Line?

@@TheNuclearBolton The Slash is pretty much ready to ride A-Line the way it sits right off the showroom floor. The amount of travel and slacker geo definitely make it the better choice between the two. The Fuel EX could definitely handle jumps that size if it was altered and built out for bike parks. You might would want to do upgrades like perhaps a more robust rear shock (or be ready to replace it if it goes out), making sure your fork had the appropriate number of tokens, psi, maybe even upping the travel to 150mm, etc., and depending on which model you went with you might want beefier brakes on a Fuel for park lap after park lap.

The Remedy is a surprisingly good bike! Having owned it I can honestly say I thought it was awesome for pretty darn near everything. The two situations in which I felt perhaps it was not the best bike for the moment was on flatter/slower terrain where I know bigger wheels carry more speed, and in extremely loose rock gardens with rock sizes in the baby head and larger range because I felt 29" wheels likely would have felt more stable. Those are pretty specific instances though, and if I lost speed it was marginal at best.

I am a huuuuge fan of the SRAM Code RSC brakes. All the power anyone could ever need, loads of modulation and control, and the number of riding hours between bleeds is very high so maintenance is super minimal. In my view they're the perfect brakes for anything with two wheels from a trail bike to a downhill bike.

@@sledshed Thanks for the feedback,will look into it,will these work for ebike (MTB) as well?

@@Chad-xg8qx most definitely. The Guide RE (e-bike specific version of the guide) is just a Guide lever paired with a Code caliper. So the Code builds on Guide RE by adding more fluid (Code lever has a larger reservoir compared to the Guide) which makes them even less likely to fade or overheat.

@@sledshed Thank you 🤙🏽

Definitely in the low setting so as to keep the bb height somewhat manageable.

@@SledShedID awesome! Doing the same thing to my EX 8. Thanks for the reply!

@@ZRMTB Yeah no worries! You're gonna love it!

Hey whatsup! At 5'7" the M/L will definitely be big. If you're pretty certain that you'll keep growing it could work out, but it's a gamble for sure!

Perfect size

Would you recommend Slash or Fuel EX for someone coming from a hardtail cx mtb?

Correct on the Remedy (which hasn't been updated since our review), but the new 2021 Slash is 160/170.

I appreciate it! Thanks for the words of encouragement!

OneUp is killing it with their lower insertion requirements on their longer travel options!

Awesome! Thanks so much for the view and the comment!

I'm sorry, what's this?

Hey Harry! Thanks for the view. That's an interesting question. I think the answer is yes, you could decrease the travel to 160mm, but I would ask why? It'd make it less of a party for sure.

The frame in this video is a size large.

@@sledshed i'm 6'0'' on the dot without shoes. think a size L would be ideal?

@@samledversis9474 Yeah that's the size I would recommend for sure. You're right in the middle of the size chart for the size large at that height.

There's no doubt that the Pivot Switchblade is a sick bike. But there are too many differences between it and these three bikes to say any single one of them is definitively better in every way. Judging solely by the geo chart, which definitely doesn't tell the whole story, I would hypothesize that the Remedy or the Slash will be stronger and more stable descenders than the Switchblade. The most similarities on the geo chart exist between the Fuel EX and the Switchblade, yet suspension travel places the Switchblade closer to the 2020 Remedy or 2019 Slash. Likely the capabilities and intent of the Switchblade puts it somewhere in-between the Fuel EX and the Remedy. If that intent more closely matches your own style of riding then I would agree that that makes it a better fit for you. But to suggest that it's better at all those things written above than any or all of these three Treks... I'm skeptical.

Sled Shed I just rode the pivot switchblade. I was disappointed it wasn’t quick and responsive as I was hoping. I did demo a yeti SB 115 and that is more in the realm of what I’m looking for now. I am open to suggestions for a MIDATLANTIC area bike. Pivot trail 429?

@@mtnbikerva1 If you can get your hands on the new Transition Spur I think that might be right up your alley. Their distribution isn't real widely spread though, and they are already sold out for the season though so that might be tough. If you have access to a Trek dealer locally you might also check out the Trek Top Fuel. We didn't compare the Top Fuel in this video but it's much closer in category to a Yeti SB 115 and the Spur. The Top Fuel used to just be an XC race bike, but it's most recent revision makes it a lot more of a sporty/racy trail bike

@@sledshed thank you for your thoughtful reply. I am trying to get my hands on a TopFuel.

@@mtnbikerva1 cheers! Thanks for checking out our video!