Evolving Bike Geometry & the New Trek Slash
09/03/20 • 25 min
Today, Trek officially released an update of their enduro-focused Slash, so we offer our initial impressions of the new bike and ask what this big new release might be able to tell us about where we are in terms of the evolution of bike geometry. To this end, we also talk about a couple other examples, including the Pivot Switchblade and the Rocky Mountain Instinct BC.
TOPICS & TIMES:
- The new Trek Slash (1:34)
- Bike geometry (5:21)
- Pivot Switchblade (14:17)
- Rocky Mountain Instinct BC (19:11)
- Caveat for Gunnison Valley Riding & Testing (21:34)
- Closing Thoughts (23:27)
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Today, Trek officially released an update of their enduro-focused Slash, so we offer our initial impressions of the new bike and ask what this big new release might be able to tell us about where we are in terms of the evolution of bike geometry. To this end, we also talk about a couple other examples, including the Pivot Switchblade and the Rocky Mountain Instinct BC.
TOPICS & TIMES:
- The new Trek Slash (1:34)
- Bike geometry (5:21)
- Pivot Switchblade (14:17)
- Rocky Mountain Instinct BC (19:11)
- Caveat for Gunnison Valley Riding & Testing (21:34)
- Closing Thoughts (23:27)
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Eliot Jackson on Night Owls, Bike Culture, & the Grow Cycling Foundation
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TOPICS & TIMES:
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- On becoming entrepreneurial (51:38)
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- How to get involved with Grow Cycling (1:13:16)
- Eliot’s Big Idea / Bad Idea? (1:18:29)
ELIOT’S ARTICLE IN OUTSIDE MAGAZINE
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- Market acceptance & adoption (55:45)
- Loni’s Big Idea (1:00:53)
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