Having recently moved from a full suspension rig to a more bikepacking-friendly hardtail, his choice of bike is a clue to his racing background – a full carbon, lightweight setup – and his considered gearlist is well honed from years of backpacking. His cadence never fluctuates and fitness and his bike handling skills never fail to humble and inspire me – he regularly cleans sections of trails that I didn’t imagine could be ridden, with or without bikepacking gear. When it comes to mountain biking, Zach is a precision instrument. In fact, Zach grew up backpacking with his family since the tender age of three! These days, Zach gravites towards the adventurous side of mountain biking, where he puts his skillset as both an incredibly strong rider and his mountain experience to great use along the way, he also spent a couple of years fighting wildfires with the Hotshots, so is no stranger to minimal camping and spending time in remote areas. Over the years, he’s represented the Rockshox Devo Team and been a member of the US National MTB team, racing internationally.
#STACHE BIKE PRO#
In a former life, Zach was a pro mtb racer based in Durango. The three frame sizes have angles similar to what you find on other bikes in Trek’s full-suspension family, with a slightly steeper seat angle and top tube lengths that are on the longish side.Jackson-born Zach Shriver is a firefighter who works in Los Alamos, Santa Fe. Trek says the massive size of the wheel/tire combo limits how small they can build the frame and still get the suspension to attain full travel. That means smaller riders won't find a frame that fits.
The Full Stache is available in sizes medium through extra-large. You’ll lose room for the inside the main frame water bottle on the down tube when you use them, but the bags more than make up for that in utility and carrying capacity. Trek partnered with Bedrock Bags, based in Durango, to create a set of bike-packing bags to fit the Full Stache. On this model, Trek engineers moved the main pivot in front of the seat tube, freeing up space for the massive 3.0 tires and allowing a short 427mm (in the high position of the mino link) or 430mm (low position) chainstay length. The frame also incorporates Trek's Mino Link chips in the EVO rocker arm, which allows riders to make a small adjustment in bottom-bracket height and seat-tube angle. Also present is the straight downtube, which helps keep frame stiffness high, and KnockBlock headset that limits the forks turning radius and keeps the fork crown from smashing into the frame. The Full Stache takes advantage of the suite of features found in both those models, retaining the ABP pivot, Trek’s concentric rear axle pivot, and EVO rocker-driven Fox Float RE:aktiv shock. That scores you the frame with a Fox Float RE:aktiv shock and Knock Block headset.Īt first glance you might be tempted to mistake the Full Stache for a Fuel EX trail bike or Slash enduro rig on a heap of steroids. Trek also offers a frame only option for $1,999. Built around an alloy frame with 130mm of rear wheel travel, the bike has an elevated right-side chainstay similar to the hardtail Stache, a design detail that let Trek keep the stays relatively short, and bears more than a passing resemblance to the Slash and other bikes in Trek's full-suspension families.Ĭurrently there is only one Full Stache model, which is equipped with a SRAM GX Eagle 12-speed drivetrain, RockShox Pike RL 130mm fork and Guide R brakes for $3,700.
Trek’s Full Stache 8 is the Wisconsin company’s latest entry to the genre.
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