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Trek Updates Boone and Crockett Cyclocross Bikes with Thru Axle, New Colors

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The lack of a thru axle certainly didn’t keep Katie Compton from racking up yet another National Cyclocross title, but even her red, white, and blue Trek Boone 9 should be headed for an upgrade. In fact, all disc brake models of both the Trek Boone and Crockett will be switching over to a 15x100mm front thru axle. On the Boone 5 Disc and Crockett 5 Disc the complete bikes will be equipped with a carbon thru axle disc fork but one that uses an aluminum steerer tube while the Crockett 9 disc, Boone 9 Disc, and disc framesets of both models will include a full carbon thru axle disc fork. The full carbon steerer provides a weight savings of 120g which makes the new bikes not only stiffer with better handling than their quick release predecessors, but lighter as well…

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For the coming season the move to thru axles only applies to the front of the bike since Trek feels that the front benefits most from the addition of a thru axle. Neutral black full carbon forks with thru axles will be available as aftermarket upgrades for anyone who wants to update their current ride. Along with rim brake models of both the Boone and Crockett framesets, rim brake builds will also still be sold with the Boone 5, 7, and 9 as well as the Crockett 5, 7, and 9.

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Updated builds will also be available for many of the aluminum cross bikes including the new CX1 equipped, rim brake Crockett 7 for $2,249.99, the $1,979.99 Crockett 5 Disc, and Shimano mechanical drivetrain/hydraulic brake Crockett 9 Disc for $2,889.99.

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A few new builds for the carbon IsoSpeed decoupler equipped Boone line include another mechanical drivetrain/hydraulic brake Boone 5 Disc at $3,359.99 and the Boone 7 rim brake fitted with CX1 for $3,939.99.

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T
9 years ago

“The lack of a thru axle certainly didn’t keep Katie Compton from racking up yet another National Cyclocross title…” but changing axle standards every couple of years sure does wonders for her sponsor’s bottom line.

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craigsj
craigsj
9 years ago

What, no Boost? How can the wheels possibly be strong enough?

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joenomad
joenomad
9 years ago

For the coming season the move to thru axles only applies to the front of the bike since Trek feels that the front benefits most from the addition of a thru axle.

What Trek is saying is that the company doesnt have to completely rebuild the frames, only change the source for the through axle disc fork.

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Andrew
Andrew
9 years ago

As great as the boone frame is, up here in Canada the pricing makes these bikes a poor value IMHO. The new Boone 5 Disc comes in at 4K with 105 and nice SHimano Hydros….. a similarly spec’d Norco Threshold with dual thru axles comes in at $2650, although with cable discs. Better yet, the 105-equipped Giant TXC Advanced 2 comes in at $2060! …. I could put a whole new drivetrain on there and still be cheaper than the Boone!

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John
John
9 years ago

To my way of thinking, the main advantage of disc brakes with thru-axles is the simplification of rotor/caliper alignment after a wheel change or wheel swap. Of my three bikes with disc brakes, the two with thru-axles have been set-and-forget, where the one with QRs always seems to need tweaking (ting, ting, ting…). Really only an issue for those of us who *don’t* have a full-time mechanic at our disposal I guess.

What irks me here is that Trek punted by only redesigning the fork for thru-axle, completely reusing the old Boone frame design. In fact, these are identical to last year’s frames, right down to the geometry, QR in back, lack of DuoTrap support, etc. Especially annoying since the heavy lifting for the “142×12 Closed Convert Dropout” design had already been done on the Domane Disc models. Note to Waterloo: Nobody bought last years Boone Disc models because they were waiting for the inevitable thru-axle model, which these aren’t. :-/

@Andrew: The Boones are definitely priced at a higher pricepoint. I suspect that’s partly due to the use of 600 Series OCLV Carbon, even on the Boone 5 Disc model. I am surprised the Boone 7 and 5 frames weren’t made with 500 or 400 series OLCV to be more price competitive. Who knows, maybe the production runs are too small or possibly they’re hoping to fill that gap with aluminum Crockett models instead?

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Henry
Henry
9 years ago

John, I think you’re spot on with the set it and forget it ease of use with thru axles vs QR’s. I gave a Boone disc frame built with CX1 and the QR axles (and tight bends in the rear derailleir cable routing at the BB) are my only complaint. I too was hoping to see the dual thru axles carry over to this new Boone frame.

But in regards to your “Note to Waterloo: Nobody bought last years Boone Disc models because they were waiting for the inevitable thru-axle model, which these aren’t. :-/”

You’re wrong on that. Trek was totally out of the Boone cross bikes as they were in high demand. And I think that’s part of the reason we’re seeing updates to this bike already. But yeah, I wish we had thru axle frames for 2015/16.

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William
William
9 years ago

@John
You are completely right! I sold my disc break QR CRuX last year because of constant alignment adjustments whenever I changed the wheel. Since going with the 2015 Norco Threshold that has front and rear thru-axles I’ve had ZERO rotor alignment issues!

@TREK
Shame on you guys for trying to make this sound like its a big update… Go all in with Rear 142×12 thru axles.

Definitely don’t buy this bike until you get rear thru-axle.

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wako29
wako29
9 years ago

@Henry: Totally, 100% agree with this from what we saw on our shop: “You’re wrong on that. Trek was totally out of the Boone cross bikes as they were in high demand. And I think that’s part of the reason we’re seeing updates to this bike already.”
Also, have any of you ridden the Boone? It’s a PHENOMENAL riding bike – without a doubt the best CX bike I’ve ever ridden. I think the thru-axles (even just on the front) will exemplify this more. The bike has only been out for ~1 year, so I’m not surprised at all to not see a fully redesigned bike already.

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Andrew2
Andrew2
9 years ago

@Andrew You are not counting the shimano hydro disc brake system. That sheet is expensive. Works incredibly but expensive.

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Hami
Hami
9 years ago

No one has mentioned how fresh the frameset paint jobs are…

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Rick
Rick
9 years ago

Nobody seems to notice that all the Boones are stocked with Shimano RS-685 hydraulic brakes. That stuff aint cheap. So no @Andrew you cannot compare it to The Norco or Giant. They dont compare. And yes the painjobs are amazing!

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Carl
Carl
9 years ago

I’ve got a Colnago World Cup 2 with BB7’s and a QR axle. I used to have alignment problems every time I removed the wheels also, BUT I found that by putting a mark on the QR nut, and always screwing it on the same way/amount, along with placing the QR lever in the same orientation, the wheel wound up in the same place with no rubbing. It sounds like a hassle but once set up it’s very easy to do. Turn the nut 4 turns out when you take the wheel off and do the reverse when you put it in.

Still, a through axle would be nice. Sigh….

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LP
LP
9 years ago

I have to agree with Andrew, it is overpriced. For the price of a Crockett 9 in Canada you can get a Giant TCX advanced 1.

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pilf
pilf
9 years ago

@John – I’m not disagreeing with the bulk of your post, but to say that no one bought Boones last year is insane. Those things were basically impossible to get until like two months ago. I work for one of the country’s largest Trek dealers, and our rep was hanging his head and apologizing any time we asked him where the Boones were.

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Hpbiker
Hpbiker
9 years ago

Nice bikes. We have already got them in our store. Plus Trek has most of the bikes ready to ship to your dealer.

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eh
eh
9 years ago

Are they doing a Boone 5 Canti with newer spec’d components and paint?

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B
B
9 years ago

Where is the Boone/Crockett 7 disc CX1 build?

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John
John
9 years ago

@Henry @wako29 @pilf: Mea culpa. I stopped into my local Trek dealer last night, the head mechanic told me that while they sell every Boone they get, they don’t get that many in the door. So apparently it’s just me who doesn’t want to drop that kind of cash on a disc brake equipped frame with QRs (especially since the thru-axle design on the Domane Disc frames is so slick).

The other thing he mentioned about the Boone framesets was that the existing chainstay design prevents running a normal 53t chainring (for guys who want additional tire clearance on their disc brake carbon road bike builds). And, of course, no frame update means no DuoTrap support.

As for the redesigned fork, it’s looking like Trek will continue to use zipties and bosses to secure the front brake line?

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mateo
mateo
9 years ago

Anybody else think they’re “punting” on 12×142 rears because they might be waiting for availability of “road” thru axle standards? aka 12×100 fronts, and whatever they come up with for the rear (10×142?).

Why redesign the frame around 12×142 when 10×142 will be the new road “standard” next year.

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CS
CS
9 years ago

It will be interesting to see the weight of the Boone 5 Disc and the Crockett 9 Disc, I bet they are realllllly close.

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crabonfever
crabonfever
9 years ago

Gack. If 10×142 is the next step I’d prefer this bike as is. The main advantage I see for cx rear thru-axle is being able to easily swap over my mtb wheels.
Rear QR handy for pulling my old bob trailer too.

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