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Livestrong Trek Madone: Ben King’s Fastest Bike In The US

Ben King Trek Livestrong Madone

Ben King made history in the 2010 US Pro Cycling Championships by becoming the first U23 rider to take home victory. In this historic win, Ben King was riding his Trek Livestrong U23 Madone to victory in Greenville, SC. On the heals of this win, King will be transferring over to the Radioshack team, so [...]

Trek Bikes Gives Gary Fisher Brand The Axe

Gary Fisher

Yesterday, Trek Bikes made the announcement that they are going to cease production of the Gary Fisher bike lineup and roll those bikes underneath the Trek brand. Re-branded as a Trek and now part of the “Gary Fisher Collection”, these bikes will be sold at Trek dealers throughout the world. The Gary Fisher bike lineup [...]

Video: Building the Team Radio Shack Trek Madone Road Bike

Team RadioShack Trek Madone 2010

Regardless of what you think of the new design or new Radio Shack team, you have to admit that the process of building up one of the new ‘Shack bikes is pretty cool. In this video posted on YouTube by Trek Bikes, they take us through the process of making a Madone look like a [...]

The Best MTB Reviews of 2009 on Bike198

Trek Session 88 FR Review

Before we jump straight into 2010 and get to reviewing new products that are going to make you a faster mountain biker instantly (I wish it was that easy)! Let’s take a look back at what we have ridden and achieved in 2009. During this calendar year, Mountain Biking by 198 has seen a lot [...]

Update on Trek Bikes Mountain Bike Race Team

René Wildhaber wins Urge Kenya

Our friends over at Trek sent us an update on how their pro race team is doing. The title of the release says it all…”Seven wins and counting” Trek put together an extremely strong program for 2009 with some of the best riders in the industry sporting new Top Fuel and Session 88 mountain bikes. [...]

2008 Trek Fuel EX – R1i Tuned Suspension

The EVO Link is a one piece rocker link that Trek claims is 35% stiffer and 15% lighter than the conventional bolt together linkages. They are also able to make it out of several different materials. I really like the idea of having a one piece rocker arm, but it will be interesting to see if the numbers they claim are accurate.