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Rock Shox DLC(?) Forks Spotted on Possible Trek Long Travel 29 Proto, more

A mysterious fellow by the name of Bob sent in Steven’s image of what appears to be a prototype long travel 29er that he spotted on a recent ride. The bike looks to feature the same Full Floater/ABP suspension system as Trek’s 26″ full suspension mountain bikes, though comparing the wheels to the Slash next to it, it certainly looks like a 29er. With the Rumblefish at 120mm and the longer travel Roscoe 29 never materializing, is this the next enduro 29 from Trek’s camp, or is it simply a test mule that isn’t going anywhere? On Zach’s recent trip to Trek’s head quarters, he didn’t catch wind of anything new – so it’s either a tightly guarded secret, or just another day of testing.

The other bit of news is the resurfacing of possible DLC coatings on Rockshox forks. The coating has been seen on BlackBox Pro athletes for a few years now, but as of late it has not been available to consumers. Granted this is on a prototype, but the photos after the break from SRAM’s Duncan Riffle make us think they could be on their way…

Rock Shox DLC(?) Forks Spotted on Possible Trek Long Travel 29 Proto, more

It’s hard not to focus on the beautiful scenery, but if you check out both bikes they look to have pretty production looking forks with what looks like DLC Coated Stanchions – although it could just be the anodization treatment that Tyler Morland discussed with us on the new Specialized Demo 8 Carbon.

Rock Shox DLC(?) Forks Spotted on Possible Trek Long Travel 29 Proto, more

Yup, Sedona is pretty rad. Not a whole lot of detail on the bikes, but we’re guessing there is more than one new thing hidden on it. More when we have it. Especially considering this ad in the latest BR&IN:

Avid Trail Series teaser ad in BRAIN magazine

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jay
jay
11 years ago

Do the Reverb and 2013 Lefty have the DLC coating? They are both Rock Shox ‘products’ and both have black stanchions.

jay
jay
11 years ago

…after reading the linked article; they are probably just anodized as on the Specialized?

Zach Overholt
Admin
11 years ago
Reply to  jay

@Jay, most likely. If you link through to the Rock Shox Factory tour post, Boobar’s Lyric has DLC coating and that was 3 years ago, they’re definitely testing it – but for now it’s all speculation.

Luiggi
Luiggi
11 years ago

That’s not DLC. It’s BlackGold.

Ripnshread
Ripnshread
11 years ago

They will always be testing a new coating. Stanchion durrability and reducing stanchion/seal friction are high on any shock makers lists of things they would love to improve. Plus, changing the surface coating of a tube is not all that difficult of a running change to make. All black look nice …mmmmhmmm.

Tom
Tom
11 years ago

If you look at JHK’s Strava, he mentions doing a bunch of Trek Prototype testing. Since he is on the ” Trek Enduro team” this year, I could totally see him testing the Slash vs a 29er long travel for Enduro racing.

Watchtower
Watchtower
11 years ago

Being from the Midwest I’m digging those two bottom pictures of Sedona, looks so good I just ache to be there.

Anon
Anon
11 years ago

With Trek’s removal of 26″ bikes from their XC lineup, I am betting on a 650B Top Fuel and a 29″ Full Suspension bike along the lines of the Superfly 100.

Keith B
11 years ago

The Lush 29 has the full-floater back end.

Zach Overholt
Admin
11 years ago
Reply to  Keith B

Good Point Keith, we forgot about that one. Thanks.

trip
trip
11 years ago

That ad is from the future! And april fools day.

Anon
Anon
11 years ago

Keith, that bike in the picture is no Lush.

LomaAltaMatter
LomaAltaMatter
11 years ago

Watchtower, Sedona is awesome. Make plans to go…probably too hot in the summer, fall should be good.

Nicholas
Nicholas
11 years ago

@watchtower:
Although Sedona is amazing. And the tell-tale red dirt skunk stripe is worn as a badge of honor in the XC world, dont let the instagram filters fool you. Those pictures have been modified.

dickhead
dickhead
11 years ago

That fork is the 2014 Rockshox Pike 29er, 35mm stanchions, new damper, up to 150mm travel

Diesel
Diesel
11 years ago

Maybe the green bike is a prototype 24er!

Znarf
Znarf
11 years ago

If you have a really close look at the blue Specialized Enduro with the Reverb, it looks like its a 150mm travel Reverb. Which until now was only available in 31,6 and 34,9mm diameter posts. As Spesh always has 30,9mm seat tube ID I guess it might be possible that we see a 150mm 30.9mm Reverb.
That would be rad.

Now imagine a bike with black stanchions and all black rear shock. Like the marzocchi days of old 🙂

Pretty RAD year for everything all mountain Enduro and 29. Wasn’t that stoked on trendy marketing stuff for years, but right now the industry is hitting my hidden desires…

Rome
Rome
11 years ago

sorry, onle for the top 3% of the riders on this planet earth 😉

Rome
Rome
11 years ago

*only

Steven
Steven
11 years ago

I took this photo.

Steven
Steven
11 years ago

Here is my thread…. In case anyone is interested.

forums.mtbr.com/29er-bikes/prototype-trek-slash-remedy-29er-844984.html

Zach Overholt
Admin
11 years ago
Reply to  Steven

Hey Steven, thanks for speaking up. We really did get that photo in an email from Bob, but I’ve changed the article to credit you. Cheers.

Steven
Steven
11 years ago

Haha I figured it was my good friend bob who sent it. Turns out it wasn’t, sorry for making such a fuss.

Zach Overholt
Admin
11 years ago
Reply to  Steven

Ah, no worries Steven. Want to give credit where it is due! Thanks.

bin judgin
bin judgin
11 years ago

ITS ALMOST HERE!!!

GET STOKED

pieter
pieter
11 years ago

More important is that it looks like a 29er version of the Lyrik, now that would be some good news…these same forks have also been spotted on the Specialized Enduro 29er.
It’s certainly not a Revelation which is their current long travel 29er offering.

bin judgin
bin judgin
11 years ago

THIS IS GONNA BE SICK!!!!!

Nsnk
11 years ago

Rockshox pike 160 ?

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