My first and last Mountain Bike: The 1999 Trek Fuel 100
03-28-24, 06:40 PM
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My first and last Mountain Bike: The 1999 Trek Fuel 100
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I was thinking about buying a road bike frame but I already have too many road bike projects. I've never owned a full-suspension bike, but I've had the opportunity to ride a few. My choice was a Trek Fuel 100 frame that I'd already had the chance to try out at the time, and which was in very good condition. And it seemed to me to be the best of the lot in terms of geometry, performance and, above all, ZR9000 alloy tubes, which, as Trek put it on its website and in its catalogs, "ZR9000 aluminium is lighter than titanium and stronger than steel". As I already have two Trek Alpha SLR aluminum frames made in the USA, which give me great satisfaction, I decided to continue with Trek. The frame will be equipped with XT 780 T/XT T8000, I already have a pair of mavic X717 wheels with XT760 hubs, the crankset will be a race face or an xt, conti tires, xt 8000 pedals, easton handlebars and stem, xt vbrake 780t, carbon or bontrager seatpost, the saddle I'll see.
Have a good weekend
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Georges
I was thinking about buying a road bike frame but I already have too many road bike projects. I've never owned a full-suspension bike, but I've had the opportunity to ride a few. My choice was a Trek Fuel 100 frame that I'd already had the chance to try out at the time, and which was in very good condition. And it seemed to me to be the best of the lot in terms of geometry, performance and, above all, ZR9000 alloy tubes, which, as Trek put it on its website and in its catalogs, "ZR9000 aluminium is lighter than titanium and stronger than steel". As I already have two Trek Alpha SLR aluminum frames made in the USA, which give me great satisfaction, I decided to continue with Trek. The frame will be equipped with XT 780 T/XT T8000, I already have a pair of mavic X717 wheels with XT760 hubs, the crankset will be a race face or an xt, conti tires, xt 8000 pedals, easton handlebars and stem, xt vbrake 780t, carbon or bontrager seatpost, the saddle I'll see.
Have a good weekend
Best regards
Georges
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03-28-24, 06:45 PM
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The choice of brakes was complicated because the XT 780T vbrakes have not been in production for a few years. I wasn't a fan of shimano v brakes with deformable parallelograms because they're temperamental in bad weather and difficult to adjust. I remembered that specialized had equipped some of its S works with Avid Arch Rival and Avid Exterme Arch. So I bought Avid Arch Rival Vbrake calipers with Avid Speed Dial 5 brake levers known for their legendary bite in all weathers and without the disadvantages of the deformable parallelogram shimano vbrakes.
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The choice of brakes was complicated because the XT 780T vbrakes have not been in production for a few years. I wasn't a fan of shimano v brakes with deformable parallelograms because they're temperamental in bad weather and difficult to adjust. I remembered that specialized had equipped some of its S works with Avid Arch Rival and Avid Exterme Arch. So I bought Avid Arch Rival Vbrake calipers with Avid Speed Dial 5 brake levers known for their legendary bite in all weathers and without the disadvantages of the deformable parallelogram shimano vbrakes.
Best regards and happy weekend
Georges
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03-29-24, 12:32 PM
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What fork will you use?
I have those same brakes on my 1999 9900 hardtail. They work really well.
I have those same brakes on my 1999 9900 hardtail. They work really well.
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Yep, a friend of mine with whom I used to ride on trails has those on his s works m4 that he upgraded with the transmission XTR 980 and wheels mavic crossmax enduro and those are the best rim brakes for him that he has ever had on a MTB.
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Hello
The trek fuel 100 project made me buy a fork other than the RockShox Recon Silver TK Solo Air with 100mm of travel that I mount on all my MTB projects, I chose the Rock Shox Sid Race Titanium with 80mm of travel from 2002 (fork little seen under our skies and made only during one year) and the Trek fuel 100 will have the wheels mounted with mavic d521 rims and hope hubs, the xc 717 with XT hubs will go on the Gary Fisher.
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The trek fuel 100 project made me buy a fork other than the RockShox Recon Silver TK Solo Air with 100mm of travel that I mount on all my MTB projects, I chose the Rock Shox Sid Race Titanium with 80mm of travel from 2002 (fork little seen under our skies and made only during one year) and the Trek fuel 100 will have the wheels mounted with mavic d521 rims and hope hubs, the xc 717 with XT hubs will go on the Gary Fisher.
Best regards
Georges
04-07-24, 06:10 AM
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Hello
Buying cranksets for my Trek wasn't easy. I have XT cranksets on 5 of my mountain bikes, XT FC T780 cranksets on 3 and XT FC M770 cranksets on 2, FSA cranksets on my Trek 6700 SLR, and a Race Face XC crankset on my Gary Fisher Hoo Koo Ekoo project. The XT FC M780 cranksets were nowhere to be found, and the XT FC M770s were often in average condition. So I bought a Race Evolve XC in near-new condition with a Race Face bottom bracket that will fit the Trek Fuel 100 perfectly.
Have a nice Sunday
Best regards
Georges
Buying cranksets for my Trek wasn't easy. I have XT cranksets on 5 of my mountain bikes, XT FC T780 cranksets on 3 and XT FC M770 cranksets on 2, FSA cranksets on my Trek 6700 SLR, and a Race Face XC crankset on my Gary Fisher Hoo Koo Ekoo project. The XT FC M780 cranksets were nowhere to be found, and the XT FC M770s were often in average condition. So I bought a Race Evolve XC in near-new condition with a Race Face bottom bracket that will fit the Trek Fuel 100 perfectly.
Have a nice Sunday
Best regards
Georges
