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A little birdie send me some specs and pictures of the 2010 Trek Scratch, the all new freeride weapon. The Scratch will be set between the Session and the Remedy, as speculated, and comes with 170mm travel. Prices will be made public after this years Eurobike, but we now know you have a choice of two: Scratch Air 6 and Scratch Air 8 (Dutch/European input).

Scratch Air 6

Sizes 15.5 17.5 19.5 21.5
Color 1 Gloss White
Frame Alpha Red Aluminum w/ABP, Full Floater, alloy EVO Link, E2 tapered head tube, oversized pivot bearings, ISCG03 mounts, 142x12mm or 135x12mm rear axle, replaceable derailleur hanger, adjustable geometry, 170mm travel
Front Suspension RockShox Lyrik Solo Air w/air spring, rebound, E-2 steerer, 20QR, 170mm travel
Rear Suspension Fox Float RP-2 w/ XV air can, ProPedal, rebound; 8.5″x2.5″
Wheels Bontrager Cousin Earl Disc wheel system, 6 bolt, tubeless ready
Tires Bontrager FR-4, 2.35
Shifters Shimano SLX
Front Derailleur Shimano SLX, Direct Mount
Rear Derailleur Shimano SLX Shadow
Crankset Shimano SLX, 44/32/22
Bottom Bracket
Cassette SRAM PG950 11-34, 9 speed
Pedals
Saddle Bontrager Rhythm
Seat post Bontrager Rhythm Elite, 31.6, 5mm offset
Stem Bontrager Rhythm
Handlebars Bontrager Big Earl, 25mm rise
Grips Bontrager Rhythm Dual Lock On
Headset FSA NO.57E, E-2 , ACB sealed bearings
Brake set Avid Elixir 5 hydraulic disc
Extras Frame adapters for 135mm rear wheel

Scratch Air 8

Sizes 15.5 17.5 19.5 21.5
Color 1 Gloss Black
Frame Alpha Red Aluminum w/ABP, Full Floater, alloy EVO Link, E2 tapered head tube, oversized pivot bearings, ISCG03 mounts, 142x12mm or 135x12mm rear axle, replaceable derailleur hanger, adjustable geometry, 170mm travel
Front Suspension Fox 36 Talas R w/air spring, lockout, rebound, alloy E2 tapered steerer, 20QR, 170mm travel
Rear Suspension Fox DHX Air 4.0 w/ ProPedal, bottom out resistance, rebound; 8.5″x2.5″
Wheels Bontrager Cousin Earl Pro Disc wheel system, 6 bolt, tubeless ready
Tires Bontrager FR-4, 2.35
Shifters Shimano XT
Front Derailleur Shimano XT, Direct Mount
Rear Derailleur Shimano XT Shadow
Crankset Shimano XT, 44/32/22
Bottom Bracket
Cassette SRAM PG970 11-34, 9 speed
Pedals
Saddle Bontrager Rhythm
Seat post Crank Brothers Joplin w/ height adjustment, 31.6
Stem Bontrager Rhythm
Handlebars Bontrager Big Earl, 25mm rise
Grips Bontrager Rhythm Dual Lock On
Headset FSA NO.57E, E-2 , ACB sealed bearings
Brake set Avid Elixir R Carbon hydraulic disc
Extras Trek fork sag meter, frame adapters for 135mm rear wheel

The specs on the 2010 Trek Scratch have been posted here!

Nice anodised details, in gear, grips and headset. The presumed ‘Slopestyle’ model SCRATCH, but it supports a double ring and mechanical seat-post (picture on top) so my guess is a Remedy on Steroids, like a Specialized SX competitor. Just when I told myself NOT to buy a new bike every year… they go and build nice new ones like this one and the Carbon Remedy 9.9.

As seen on:

• mtb-news.de/forum
• mountainbike.nl/forum
• southerndownhill.com/forum

The good folk from Singletrackworld posted the 2010 Trek Remedy and guess what:

“a new high-end model! The Remedy 9.9 features an OCLV frame: the new Fox DCRV shock (which comes on all new 2010 Remedy models) giving a very coil-like performance, Fox TALAS forks, a Crank Bros Joplin seatpost, magnesium rocker and an all up weight of 27lbs (±12.2kg)!”

2010 Trek Remedy 9.9 OCLV carbon ©Singletrackworld.com

What I can see on photo’s is that the lower-tube now has a protection plate for inbound pebbles: a very nifty finish! The Dirtrag photo’s here show the protection plate and the carbon’s almost ‘Rootbeer’ brownish colour: me like!

Protection plate 2010 Trek Remedy ©Dirtrag.com

They’ve also posted a few jaw dropping pictures of the  Remedy 8 and 9.8, I’ll post one and invite you to look at the rest on the post of Singletrackwork.com here.

2010 Trek Remedy 8 ©Singletrackworld.com

I’ve added a new page to the Bikeblog: theHub. It’s a page with headlines from the best bike-related websites. Like Pinkbike, Dirt magazine, Sick Lines (and many more). Visit: www.bikeblog.nl/thehub

D’Arcy O’Connor talks tech about the Rocky Mountain Flatline

Wade Simmons tells us about the evolution of the DH bikes at Rocky Mountain

Source: http://www.pinkbike.com/news/rocky-mountain-flatline-interbike-2008.html

I like this question: What are some issues that you face when riding or racing?

Pretty much just this -
Should I race or have fun?

Read full interview here »

Stream to slow? You can download a smaller version here:
http://si6.mtb-news.de/2008/eurobike/rocky-mountain.mp4

My Switch came back from the bikeshop after a tune-up. It’s been about a year and I’ll let you know the damages of a year riding on it.

• 2 sets of brake pads,
• 1 new chain and a casette change (didn’t like the race set-up),
• new bearings in front wheel (suspected production error),
• tiny scratch 1 innerleg fork (thanks to this *peep*)
• 1 broken spoke and 1 dent in rear wheel (kinda fixed),
• thinner oil in fork,
• standard maintainance to fork and shock.

That’s it! And it still looks praktically new, the paint still looks good. It has minor scratches on the rear, a few on the rims and cranks. Nothing out of the ordinairy. To be honest, I’ve had bikes looking like crap after just one year. My Switch still looks brand new, people ask me if I actually use it…

Anyway, I’ve bought new tires Continental Mountain King, going to use them with Bontrager anti-pinch innertubes. Light weight save without compromising the protection. Keep you posted with my experience, I must say that Continental makes impressive tires. For loose compound track I like to ride the Verticals, they have tiny spikes and a lot of clearing. Hopefully the Mountain King tires do well to.

Being into construction and moving house for the last 3 weeks (and 2 more to come) I’ve found out I’ve been living on another planet. Apart from email I haven’t been catching up on any online news, bike or otherwise. But I just noticed that NSMB.com has renewed their appearance and it looks great! It’s mostly just look and feel, no new features as far as I can see (okay: they finally added an RSS feed, improved navigation). Once of the things I really like, they’ve cleared more room for big pictures. I should now buy a Cinema 30″ display for the pages to truely come to justice… but it’s what I would have done if I can get my hand on so mucht excellent photography!

Wonder why they didn’t build in ‘pretty’ url’s, or is that just me

New homepage

Interview with Boyko photo-feature