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OCLV Mountain Carbon: Every carbon mountain bike we make is built using OCLV Mountain Carbon. We start with our patented OCLV process, then tailor it to the rigors of off-road use. We reinforce the right areas with unique materials, while still preserving the light weight and great Trek carbon feel. It’s tougher carbon, built for the trail. We have the deepest carbon fiber know-how in the industry. Our carbon engineers and designers have pioneered new processes, obtained over 52 carbon-specific patents, and built more carbon bikes than any other manufacturer. No wonder our carbon mountain bikes are the best in the world.
OCLV Mountain tested: Every OCLV Mountain frame endures the same punishment: 21 separate fatigue, load, strength, and energy tests (15 more than the industry standard), followed by our Anvil Strike Test that simulates rock kick-up in susceptible areas of the frame. If a frame doesn’t pass even one of the tests, it’s back to the drawing board, and then we test again. Each of our carbon frames is designed and built for a specific category (Cross Country/Trail, Technical Trail, or Gravity) that determines what force we apply to each of our 21 frame tests. It’s how we ensure our XC race bikes are light enough to podium, and our gravity bikes are plenty strong enough to survive the run.
Removable Carbon Armor: Removable shield protects your OCLV Mountain Carbon frame, and you can take it off it when it’s time to get lean and fast.
ABP Convert: Other full suspension systems firm up under braking, reducing your control when you need it most. Trek’s patented Active Braking Pivot solves that by keeping your suspension active whether you're on the brakes or off. ABP Convert features a robust, confidence-inspiring 142x12mm rear wheel. It offers easy wheel installation, and is 35% stiffer than any open dropout design. A conversion kit available at your Trek retailer will give you the option to switch to 135x5mm. When your suspension stays active under braking, you stay in control. You can brake later in a turn, maintain better rear wheel traction in stutter bumps, go faster, and just have more fun. Try it on any other system: find a downhill with stutter bumps. Apply the brakes and feel the suspension stiffen. Your rear wheel will skip across the top of the bumps. Now, try it with an ABP-equipped bike. Feel the extra control, and imagine how much faster you can go. That’s the ABP difference. We were delighted when ABP was awarded US Patent # 7,837,213 in 2010. But fun as it's been to add the patent number to our frames, the real satisfaction comes from building ABP into every full suspension bike we sell, because it means you get to ride a better bike.
Closed convert dropouts: Hardtails offer the robust performance of a closed thru-axle system with the convenience of a system that can accept 142x12 or 135x5 rear spacing.
142x12: Our robust and confidence-inspiring rear thru axle is about 35% stiffer than an open dropout design. And now, a thru axle wheel change is actually quick and easy, thanks to a tabbed guide in the frame's dropout.
E2 tapered head tube: E2 is the evolution of the traditional 1-1/8" headset to a tapered head tube, fork, and headset system. E2 tapers from a 1.5" lower to a 1-1/8" upper headset to provide more material where it matters most, resulting in a stronger, lighter frame with point-and-shoot control.
Fully integrated head tube: A fully integrated head tube eliminates the need for headset cups, reducing overall weight without sacrificing performance.
BB95: BB95 is a 95mm OCLV Carbon bottom bracket with precision-fit sockets and press-fit bearings. Its wide stance is a stronger, stiffer platform, compatible with all major crank manufacturers. Combined with Mag EVO Link and hi-lo stays, BB95 helps your wheels track each other, rather than twist and turn with each bump.
Roll wrap seat tube cluster: This innovative carbon engineering process decouples vertical compliance from lateral stiffness. You get both performance and comfort in one fast frame.
Apollo Development Project: The typical approach to lightening a bike is tinkering by degrees, seeing what you can remove to shake out one gram at a time. The Apollo Project was different: a start-from-scratch, no-holds-barred, no-detail-too-small initiative to create the ultimate cross country race machine from the ground up. The result: Superfly SL and Superfly 100 SL. More development went into Apollo than is typically found in other companies’ entire mountain bike lineup. Fully developed bikes that would have easily raised the bar were left hanging in the prototype shop in pursuit of something even better. That’s what happens when you assemble cross-disciplinary teams of the best bike designers in the business. As a race company, we know the benefits of competition. So we grouped our engineers, materials scientists, and industrial designers into two independent, multi-disciplinary teams and said: give it everything you’ve got, and we’ll explore the best ideas. Spurred on by bragging rights, both teams gave it their creative all and then some. As an engineering company, we know the benefits of collaboration. After the concepting phase, our two teams came together for further brainstorming, pushing and challenging each other’s work. Geometry, tube shapes, everything was open for debate. Eventually eight bikes stood out as the clear winners. It was time to call in our computational wizards. We ran all eight concepts through a battery of 3D FEA (finite element analysis) and CFD (computational fluid dynamics) tests not usually seen this side of NASA. FEA and CFD allowed us to try and test design refinements by the thousands before the first prototype was built. Our on-site carbon manufacturing capability was a huge advantage at this stage. Our 3D modeling engineers worked closely with the carbon manufacturing engineers down the hall, proposing and exploring new weight-saving carbon techniques which manufacturing could immediately test, ensuring that we didn’t chase down any unbuildable solutions. With computer testing complete, we built dozens of carbon prototypes in rapid succession (another advantage to having carbon manufacturing on site), subjecting each to all manner of brutalizations in our in-house testing laboratory. Only the best bikes make it out alive. When the hardtail & full suspension winners emerged, we built the riding prototypes. The Trek trails see a lot of traffic: A steady stream of Trek employees, from first-timers to pros, out for a workday ride. Super-secret next-level prototypes making their maiden voyage as sentries guard the trailheads. Biffs and breakthroughs, crashes and triumphs. But our trails had never seen anything like the Apollo prototype testing. Our engineers, along with a roster of racing ringers pressed into service from our teams, hammered, carved, and measured their way to conclusions about everything from steering precision to ride feel. Because while “make it lighter” was our mantra, it was simply a means to an end. What we really wanted was the fastest, best-riding XC race solution. Once we’d identified the best-riding prototypes, we went through further rounds of weight reduction, tuning each size of each frame for lowest weight and best ride. More FEA, more prototyping, more ride testing, repeat. We left no detail unrefined, and had the discipline to scrap any weight-saving tactic that compromised ride quality. When the dust had finally settled on the trail and in the prototyping lab, our all-in process had succeeded. We had designed, developed, and perfected the two finest lightweight carbon racing machines the trail has ever seen: the 896g-frame Superfly SL and the 1650g-frame Superfly SL 100.
G2 Geometry: Conventional wisdom says 29ers have sleepy handling compared to 26" wheel bikes. We solved that with G2 Geometry, featuring a custom-offset fork and advanced frame geometry for precise handling at low speed without compromising high-speed stability. It’s why Trek 29ers handle better than any others.
Internal Control Routing: Yet another next-level mountain bike frame development from Trek: built-in ports let you route cumbersome shift and brake systems through the frame for a sleeker, quieter system. Save your frame from cable rub and save weight over competing systems, since our Internal Control Routing doesn’t use full shift-cable housing.
MicroTruss: MicroTruss housing guides are built directly into the frame, for the lightest, cleanest external cable routing.
Post-mount disc brake: Post mounting is the simplest, most efficient way to mount a brake caliper to your bike. Functions great, reduces weight.
Size-specific optimization: We didn’t just scale the Superfly frame up or down to build the size range. We refined each size individually for lowest weight and best ride
Gary Fisher Collection: Innovative bikes imagined by Gary Fisher, built by Trek.
Remote lockout: Handlebar-mounted controls let you lock out your suspension on the fly as you switch terrains.
15QR: A 15mm front thru axle makes steering more precise for more control, and the quick-release feature makes wheel removal easy.
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