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    TREK SLASH 9.8 XT

    Mar 02, 2022 4 minutes

    £6,000

    Trek doesn’t make a 150mm travel 29er trail bike. So the options for our down-tube storage test were the 130mm travel Fuel EX or the 160mm travel Slash. Now, given that the Slash only has a finger-width extra travel over the Specialized Stumpy Evo (170/160mm Vs 160/150mm) and is actually lighter than the Focus Jam 8.9, we figured it was the best option. Also, having ridden the Slash 9.9 X01 for a First Ride when it launched last year, we knew that it could easily serve double duty as a long-legged trail bike.

    In fact the 2022 bike looks remarkably similar, right down to the frame colour, of the bike we featured last time. There are some differences though. The main

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