Trek Discontinued This Bike and I Bought it Anyway. Here’s Why…
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This ain’t just good bike advice it’s good life advice! I love how your content has grown, been following since the beginning. Every time you talk about that Remedy you’re stoked and that’s all that matters 🤘🏼
Agreed! This man keeps it real just like us. Stay safe everyone and obey all traffic/cyclist laws.
I definitely felt this. I just bought a brand new 2018 Specialized Enduro that I was always drawn to since day 1, but couldn't afford at the time. I have NO REGRETS. I do not care how "outdated" the geometry is. I just absolutely love this bike.
That Remedy is the real deal, straight up good timeless trail bike.
This is why I love watching you. You always give great advice and are super down to earth. Keep it going Matty!
Just found your channel because I'm getting back into biking after 5 or so years off, and I think you have great content! I just ordered a Trek X-Caliber 8 after watching your video on it. Thanks!
Good for you Matty, it's a great bike and fits you perfectly. No better geometry than that! Look how far you've come with that video at the park with the Marlin to today on the new bike. Getting close to 20k subs!
I have a friend that owns a Trek Bike Store and one of his mechanics told me that Trek will discontinue some bikes and then bring them back a few years later. I think the best bike is the one you will ride.
This is the first video I've seen in this channel, finally a dude that is REAL. No bullshit spending tons of money upgrading stupid parts, just feeling it and enjoying the ride. Subscribed of course
yarr dude
Upgrades are part of the fun
It does indeed boil down to: What You Enjoy. Nice bike and a great message for those who are looking to buy.
Great review, even better advice! It's all about feel. If it feels right, the numbers don't matter. Thanks for sharing.
Damn right. 100% agree. Smart buy and a great attitude on biking. Old bikes are easy to keep updated as parts wear out. An old bike you can beat up and not give a damn. Just ride it hard. Coming from a person who bought new Toyota truck in 1986 and has been my only daily for 37 years and 482,000 miles. Love driving it every time I get behind the wheel.
Solid video. I agree with you. I was hesitating on going into a 27.5 bike. I had the roscoe, went to a Slash 8 the past few years. Everyone swears by the 29ers. I grabbed the Revel Rail 27 on a 35% off deal. I absolutely love it. So much more fun to ride. 27.5 is underrated. Especially for us shorter folks.
Love the message-get out and have fun. I still use my 1998 Gary Fisher on occassion for commuting to work-it's the only bike I have with a rack, and I love panniers for carrying things. It smooths out the bumpy, paved Clear Creet Trail, which can be a bit rough on the road bike. It's more than capable for a ride up Waterton Canyon, a well-maintained, hard pack gravel road, but I'm not going to take it to the Valmont bike park in Boulder!
Man I'm happy for you. That's a nice ride. I kinda feel that way about my fuel. Always wanted one and now I have it
Excellent advice and great to see the Erie Singletrack footage! Keep up the great work!
Hey, I agree 100%. I have a gen 5 Fuel and when I saw the Gen 6 I had no regret. I love my Fuel and I've build it up to something really unique.
I feel you Matty bro! great advice my man...your channel has helped me discover cycling/ mountain biking again after years out of the saddle, i actually just purchased a Trek marlin 7 and are super happy with my choice! I'm alot heavier these days and need to shred some pounds, Anyways bro i appricate you and your inspirational channel heaps ... love the energy! stay up stay strong!!❤0
Solid advice MA! The Remedy was your remedy! Keep shredding, love the channel!
Minute 7:24, I have seen you in other bikes over the same track, but with the remedy you are flying over that track. Best money ever spent 😁
Totally agree with you, ride what makes you happy. If the bike makes you want to go ride, it's the right bike imo.
Mountain biking isn't about spending money. Some of us forget that sometimes. Awesome stuff!
I have a trek remedy 8 2018, I upgraded a ton of stuff like fork internals and the 2023 superdeluxe ultimate and more. But the geometry is amazing, it’s like a capable enduro bike that behaves like a bmx.
Glad you are enjoying your new purchase, and you didn't have to break the bank to do it.
Great advice 👍! I still love my Santa Cruz Hightower, but my Trek Marlin 5 was still my first love. The Trek brand is fire.
That's a heck of a deal you bought that remedy for and the fact that you were able to find one in your size before it got discontinued. I got the Slash 8 and its nearly identically specced to your remedy and it rips. I was dissapointed to hear that remedy won't be available in their line up anymore as I think that every bike company needs a 27.5 performance capable bike in their line up.
Man you hit the nail on the head with this one .. This is one of your Baltimore, Maryland viewers chiming in and I also saw another post you made about the noise you got from a person who basically downplayed your Remedy because you were not a spec geek and you like what you like and ride what you want to ride and they said your Remedy was outdated 🤦🏾♂️ . .You and I dialogued a few times when I was making my purchase decisions as a new rider back in the fall of 2020 early winter of 2021 .. I traded out my 2021 Trek Marlin 7 as a new rider who had only been on the bike for a few months tp purchase a 2021 Trek Slash 7 .. I received the same noise and commentary you got basically with others telling me I made a bad move buying the Trek Slash as a newbie because it was too much bike for me and I would be overbiked on everything I was riding as a newbie as well .. I am 6-03 and I weigh 225 pounds and I test rode other bikes with alot of input from others telling me what I should purchase including some Trek store sales people .. The 2021 Trek Slash 7 felt good to me and I was comfortable on it so I bought what grabbed me first time out the gate and I have never been happier .. I also added another hardtail back into my little circle as well .. I just bought a 2022 Trek Roscoe 8 a few months and yes I got noise on that purchase too with other riders telling me because I am 56 years old I should not have spent all of that money on a hardtail and thst I should have bought a E-Bike instead being an older rider 🤷🏿♂️ .. I concur with you Matty ride what you want to ride and what makes you happy .. Ignore the noise 😉
Solid talk Matty... Love how you Love hardtails... continue to keep it Real Matty👊🏼
Awesome video and an even cooler bike my man! You have yourself a new fan! From Tasmania 🇦🇺 keep doing you!
Matt you stay true to yourself brother! Love your style love your content. I watch you and MUST go out and ride after💪🇺🇸
I love it Matty! I started off with a hardtail with the rubber V brakes about 5 years ago, during the pandemic started biking more with nothing else to do and my friends all had $2-5,000 bikes. I didn't and still don't make a ton of money with my job. But I started loving it more and riding more so I bought a Polygon Sisku D7 when it was impossible. That bike kicked ass for $1,700 and looked great and I was either leaving my buddies in the dust or right behind the moee advanced crew. I had that for about a year although it was an awesome duel suspension bike, the 120 travel wasn't enough and I was hitting bigger features and going faster. So I sold it for $1,300 to wash some of the cost and got the Marin Alpine Trail 7 for $3,000 (now $2,400). What a bike that is!!! About $800 or so in upgrades and it's all I'm gona need for a while. I love this bike so much. It's my happy place being on that thing and on the trails. Feel like I can relate to your channel so much. A lot of my friends stopped riding in the winter and i bought some cold weather gear and kept at it biking all winter in Albuquerque so i can work on my tech skills and stay in good shape and not have to start over again in spring. Feels so good I can put on 18-22 miles in a ride now. Ill shut up now, lol. I love biking so much I could go on forever. Keep shredding my friend and keep the channel going!!
I love your attitude and enthusiasm man!
Great perspective. I just bought a gen 5 fuel ex 8 while the new gen 6 is getting all the rage. I got on it and felt at home. I did have some second thoughts after watching a few gen 6 vids. Feel better now though. I love what I bought.
Well said bro! My previous hardtail was from 2010. Geometry and components were way different. My new FS bike took getting used too and had to figure out all the new tech. everyone was all about 29ers. But I knew and felt that the 27.5 was a better fit and more comfortable. A few people said that I should have gotten a 29er but to hell with them...its my bike lol!
I had no idea they were discontinued. I’ve just picked up a 2023 remedy 8 last week. Glad I did now.
It looks like full 27.5 is going away.
@@Tony.795 glad I got mine when I did then. I’ve tried 29ers and it’s not for me.
That is a great looking bike! I went from jumping curbs and running red lights on a 30+ year old department store no suspension jalopy to a 2017 TREK fuel 9.7 that I bought used (already a jalopy)I can now ride the way I enjoy,which is mostly the river valley trail system in Edmonton Alberta and some mountain trails in British Columbia with my pitty🐶We mountain bikers are either spending to be competing or self indulgent,for me any more bike or any upgrades on mine will be the latter I did say will be.Lots of racing and latest tech videos out there,so having your recreational,stay active approach is much appreciated. Look forward to lots more,stay safe while you keep “sending it”.
About day and a half drive from Denver to Kicking Horse Pass BC 2 days to Valemount BTW hope to see you there,Cheers!!🇨🇦
Right on Matty! That’s solid advice! Keep up the good work! 👍
Definitely wanted to try out the Remedy. Good video.
Remedy is a fun and very popular bike in New Zealand. Allrounder trail and park bike in one ☝️
Hi I'm near Cambridge NZ.Just picked up a 2022 remedy 8 in almost new condition. Getting it converted to a ebike this week by a company near matamata. Can't wait to see how it goes!
I so get it. Many of these newer bikes are long. I’m short. I still ride a bike few years old. And it makes me happy.
So true! Thanks.
When the trek remedy was a 9r back in the day, it was awesome.
That’s a good bike. I dig your vlogs. Thanks for the straight talk…
Respect. Who cares about all the Geo. If it rides good, it rides good and you know if after one ride.
Real as it gets. My man. Enjoy that remedy.
Also, you should definitely upgrade that 54T hub to 108T. Cost around $30-$40 and same as your R9.
Same, I bought a Remedy 9.8 because it was the exact bike I wanted. I do not regret it.
Good stuff, Matty! Like you, I usually go with what feels good to me...more than worrying about the specific geo numbers. Funny thing, I didn't do this when I bought a new hardtail last year. Don't know why I bought it since it was too big & twitchy for me and I realized this while trying it out. After several crashes, I sold it 5 months later and got a different ht.
Very good points! I think if you got into some geo numbers you would find your favourite quicker.. but it could also hold you back from trying something that you don't expect to be good.. hmm 🤔
I’ve been on a Roscoe 7 for 5 ish years and after riding some lift style parks started shopping. Trek slash 7 gen 5 on sale from $4k to $2500. Picking it up this week and hope I’m this satisfied with it!
Nice advice I have a TREK Y26 2006 love that bike…. Love what you ride n ride what you love…
Notice how Matty actually talked to his bike and petted her. He's sitting on a bench with the bike like he's on a date with his GF, on a date...
The Marlin 6 is my first real MTB. I just got it a month and a half ago. I found your channel doing research. You are super Inspirational. Keep up the great work
Be careful, I had a Marlin 7 and snapped the front wheel on its first and last jump. Tire barely left the ground. To be fair I do weigh around 220 tho,
I started on a trek Marlin 5 that I upgraded…until I bought my 2022 Giant trance x 27.5 160mm I love my new bike it climbs amazing and rips downhill and jumps like a dream
I just got this bike! I love it! I changed the saddle to a DMR one. Great bike! Dont fall for the “new stuff” just like with the phones. Im just an average enthusiast of MTB and this bike serves me well! Great video man! Thanks!
Understanding geo and the "number" is useful as you can purchase bikes sight unseen and have a better chance of a good fit. Weirdly enough, I picked up a Status 160 based on the geo chart and user reviews...fits me like a glove.
Great advice as always. Although there are better and badder bikes than my Roscoe 6 , I love riding it. I say ride it and fix things when they break. I still window shop full suspension bikes though. 😂
You're getting some serious airtime, very impressive!
I ride a scout v3 xl hardtail ,which I love .be more than happy to ride a large remedy 8 any day for the rough stuff and jumping .think I will buy a second hand remedy next .great video man on being your own person 🤘
Keep up the great content. I started 1 month ago mtb and I love it! I have a Marlin 6 here in Dallas area, but moving back home to Puerto Rico in August. There is more cross country style riding, and with shipping a bike being so expensive, I might have to sell it here and get another there. Anyways thanks for the videos and inspiration!
@cdj959 - check it on plane. check rates with various airlines.
@@TheFreshPeddler is that a thing? I need to look that up
Very well presented. Enjoyed the video. Thanks
Honestly, most of the frames are all made in the same factories, name brand down to off brand. If the geometry is the same, you don't need to spend the big dollars on the frame. Spend it on the components.
Get an off brand and frame with the geometry you want, then spend your money on really nice wheel set, hubs, cassette, drivetrain, etc.
If you must do name brand, get them like this: on steep discount.
Bike manufacturers bring out new bikes every year it’s how the industry works
I just got a norco storm 2. Just gettimg back in and so far so good
Excellent video. Never feel peer pressured to buy the latest abd greatest.
Super stoked to watch this video. After I bought my remedy 7 18months ago I was too thinking was that a good idea with modern geo standard but I love it so much how it pops and nimble. I had the xcaliber 8 before and really not a fan of 29ers. I’ve recently added lyrik forks and megneg rear shock upgrade to the remedy and now will never sell this bike.
Just picked up a 2014 trek remedy 8 29 for $100 it needed some work but after $100 in parts and a day of working on it this things a beast.....
Glad your enjoying the new bike. And who’s to say you can’t ride hard tails in the bike park I do it all the time
At the end of the day, it's your money and no one can tell you what you should like. Cheers dude!
Your mindset is right on the money, you know what you want dont let anyone talk you out of it. I have had my eyes on the remedy, every time i was at the trekstore they always tried to steer me towards the fuel EX, but i really liked the look and feel of the remedy. I dont want big 29" wheels. i have 27.5 on my roscoe 2021 and i`m perfecly happy with those. The argument is "you need to pedal to much" but no.. i really dont, dont mind it dont care. its nothing, i want 27.5 i like it.
Really like you stating the thing thats happening, that ppl are always trying to talk you out of what your original plan was. Stick with it!
BTW really enjoy your content. Really Nice Matty! keep em coming, And i hope you will make some great vids with the new Remedy 8 aswell .)
I'm with you I prefer 27.5 wheels. You can also buy a slacker headset and then it will have modern geo for 100 bucks.
So I saw the comments on one of your previous videos that likely sparked this video. While it’s easy for me just to say “just ride what you want and who cares what people think”. I really believe it. It’s easy to get caught up in upgraditis and it’s also easy for armchair experts to give their opinion. Of course having a popular CZcams channel exposes the decisions you make on what you ride, how you ride and so on. But at the end of the day, it’s only an opinion and remembering why you started the channel and why you started mtb is what really matters. Keep being “you”because that’s why people come back to watch:)
It's a damn nice bike.....like the colour.....tires... suspension.... everything!!!!! I have Roscoe 7 and that beast is next level and probably my bike in future
I have the 2012 model. Changed the brakes and converted it to 1x10 with the surprising good Advent X. I love the bike... Even if it is old
Very very very nice bike - gratz!
If the bike works you, that's all that matters. I just bought a 2023 Norco Sight. I know Norco is coming out with a completely redesigned model. It's probably a high pivot, which I don't want.
Genial idea, esa bici sube como un tote y baja super bien
That's a SCREAMING deal. Tbh I like the geometry on the Remedy 8. Some of the newer bikes are have HTAs that are too slack and STAs that are too steep. If you do any sort of seated riding it really puts a lot of pressure on your hands.
Awesome buy bro 😊
Great advice man 🤘🏻🤘🏻
nice real talk!
If you come from an older slash this remedy will feel at home. I felt great on it. I just could not justify buying it because it was so similar feeling to my 14 slash.
This is exactly what I needed. I’ve been looking at the trek remedy. Went into a local store and they were kind of talking me away from the remedy and more towards fuel ex. I’ve been debating it hard. But definitely feel like full stock, the remedy seems my kind of thing. Coming from a hard tail and bmx childhood. I want something more playful. Thanks for that man!
fuel is overhyped tbh I wouldn't change anything from my remedy
@@treyton6892 I got the remedy! And am loving it. If they made the fuel ex a little shorter and lighter in future models than maybe I’d be inclined to switch. But I’m happy I went with the remedy
I also bought the Remedy 8 last year in September.
Best decision ever.
I prefer the 27.5 over the 29er. I love how playful the Remedy is. Perfect for Hometrails but Bikeparks as well.
Been in the Austrian Mountains and there are a lot of really tough downhill tracks. Not a Problem at all…at least for the bike 😅 the limited factor is always me.
And i Love the Look of the Remedy ♥️.
Great bike. Recommend this 👌
Great Video.
Greets from Germany
Put a 160mm 29 in the front of that… it is so good. You may love a 35mm stem as well. Good purchase… and you can make it more “downhill enduro” if you want with the 29 wheel in the front. It makes the wheelbase longer by 15mm if you go 29 and you are still short wheelbase by todays standards. You are in a good place mentally too.. good stuff! Enjoy!
Was looking for this, I'm just average height and I love the roll over of 29s but I don't feel in control of the bike, like I'm just flopping over from side to side to turn on a penny farthing, and I missed how even though it was youth size I always felt like I could slice anywhere I wanted on my old 26 3700. So I wanted to try a mulletable bike next
I just got an amazing deal on a new unused 2022 Remedy 8 XT, it’s my first full suspension bike, it was originally £3445 but I got it for £1895, can’t wait for it to arrive and get shredding again after a 3 year hiatus
Ride what you like and what works for You! Dont feel bad about NOT drinking the Marketing Cool-ade!.... Also,,,, its smart to pick up a good deal on previous Years stuff.....The Bike Company said it was the Best Thing Since Sliced Bread just a year or two ago!
Love your channel
Resonates with me
I have a remedy 9.8 and absolutely love it so disappointing there not making any more
I just sold my Remedy 9.8 for a steal to a local kid after upgrading. The Remedy was fun to ride, but to me it felt a bit short in the reach department (despite sizing up) and the seat tube was way too high. Other than those complaints it was so fun to ride.
dope vid, where are those trails at the end of the video?
Trek used to make a bike called the Full Stache. I had a chance to buy one in 2020 and didn't. I've regretted it since.
Watching for the review but finding out you are a silent Trek fan. My man! \m/
Well done
I have a 2019 trek remedy 9.8 and i also love that bike. I also have a 2023 trek fuel ex 9.8xt. I use the remedy to get rowdy! Im surprise the remedy doesnt get the attention it deserves!!!
Remedy was the best bike I'd ever owned, it did everything well
I did it just like you! Although the Trek Remedy is flying out of the program, I bought my Remedy 8 in grey Olive Matt 2 months ago! I hope that Trek doesn't regret the decision to let the Remedy die!
Yea me too! And that olive color is sick!
Good video.... keeping it real!
Wise words ..cheers 🇨🇦
True 100% its like my friend tell me all the take gt a emtb with 160mm travel i gt a 2021 specialized stumpjumper comp and I'm happy with it but I'm going to get one in the future next year or This year but Right now I'm happy on my bike but This was a very good video and he explained it very well keep up with the epic videos safe
The thing about numbers and degrees if you don't know anything you'll end up buying a bike that's not for you and i see that alot. I'm so glad I waited a year. Tried different bikes gained some knowledge before I dropped a good chunk of money for my remedy. 9.7 That bike was made for me, lol. The trails I ride its just perfect. Good all the way around.
Mean while I was riding a hard tail that I bought used. And gradually upgraded it.
Specialized comp also a great first bike.
Great advice, Matty. OTOH I think it's also a good idea to get a new bike every 4 years or so because things like the suspension and the bottom bracket start to show the strain and it's sometimes cheaper to buy a new bike than it is to just keep paying for maintenance. The alternative is to learn to DIY all that though. That's how I've kept my Marlin 7 on the trails.
That’s get to know! I definitely agree it comes to a point where you’d be better off getting a new bike after excessive repairs
@@MattyActive …and component swaps, excluding tires and pedals and grips. You probably saved a ton of money on your newer Marlin 6 by selling your original one.