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.
Totally agree with you, ride what makes you happy. If the bike makes you want to go ride, it's the right bike imo.
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!
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
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!
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.
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.
Great review, even better advice! It's all about feel. If it feels right, the numbers don't matter. Thanks for sharing.
Respect. Who cares about all the Geo. If it rides good, it rides good and you know if after one ride.
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 TH-cam 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:)
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!
Same, I bought a Remedy 9.8 because it was the exact bike I wanted. I do not regret it.
Mountain biking isn't about spending money. Some of us forget that sometimes. Awesome stuff!
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
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!
Solid talk Matty... Love how you Love hardtails... continue to keep it Real Matty👊🏼
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 love your attitude and enthusiasm man!
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.
Awesome video and an even cooler bike my man! You have yourself a new fan! From Tasmania 🇦🇺 keep doing you!
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.
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!
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.
You're getting some serious airtime, very impressive!
Very well presented. Enjoyed the video. Thanks
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.
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!
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 🤘
Horses for courses. My wife wants me to rebuild her 2018 Trek Remedy 8 frame because she prefers it to my old 2018 Nukeproof Mega Frame. What she loves is the shorter reach on the Rememdy in the 19.5" frame. She can ride my Trek Rail in L but it's at about the limit of her reach, whereas I love my bikes long due to the confidence and weight distribution it brings on steep tech. You can still be ridiculously playful on a long bike, and my Nukeproof giga is testament to that.
The plan is to turn it into a mullet instead, since she's gotten used to 29" wheels at our rooty and chundery steeps. The only thing she hated about the remedy was the OG Rockshox deluxe OCLV rear shock where the rebound damping as so off for the required sag. Remedied (excuse the pun) with a Cane Creek coil. Bugger on the climbs but a rapid tech descending machine.
Personally, I hated the remedy. Once you're used to long bikes (I'm 5'9 with gangly arms and a 30" inseam), I can't ride anyting with less than 470mm reach. The remedy is too skittish for me, but suits her to a T (she's also 5'9" but needs a shorter reach)
Remedy was the best bike I'd ever owned, it did everything well
Excellent video. Never feel peer pressured to buy the latest abd greatest.
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.
In my case as a small rider (168cm) i dont feel confortable on the new "low long slack " geo ,all those bikes feels like XL to me
Oh man… thats why i live bikes!
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...
Your 100% right geometry to an extent is total 💩. Companies keep changing every year . It’s impossible to keep up. If it fits and rides nice does not make a difference what year the bike is. And a 4.200 bike for 2.700 that’s a no brainer. You got a killer deal. 👍
dope vid, where are those trails at the end of the video?
$2700 !! That’s such an awesome deal. I’d be stoked on that too. What trails are those at the end of the video ?
Erie singletrack in Erie Colorado
Right on Matty! That’s solid advice! Keep up the good work! 👍
If you have a Remedy DO NOT get rid of it. It is so hard to find a modern fullsuspension bike with the geometry and handling of the Remedy. Every other modern bike has a completely different ride feel tuned for racing and not getting off the ground like the Remedy does. I currently have 10 bikes, and the Remedy is the fastest rolling and highest jumping and most poppy bike out of them, as well as the many many bikes I've had in the past. I am never getting rid of my Remedy.
A friend of mine sold his and misses it now.
Dont get me wrong, I am not saying it is the best bike ever made (check the WA1 Arrival...); I am just saying the Remedy is in a dying class of fun-oriented bikes, while everything else that is coming out is too race serious.
that’s a great bike - can’t imagine anyone criticising it
coming from a history of cheap BMX's and bikes most recently a halfods voodoo hoodoo because it seemed to have the best spec for cheap in 2016 upgraded it a fair bit , it jumps okay but vibrates so much you cannot see (only on a mild steep incline while my Mate cruises down without a carein the world I have been riding trails and wanted a full sus bike , my remedy 8 has just arrived and only had a little ride on tarmac , wow this thing is incredible I did so much research not wanting something with horrible geometry, thinking the rear shock would make it soppy, nope it bunny hopes amazingly without straining the wrists I cannot wait to get this to the trails feels me with confidence compared to the Halfords voodoo very glad my test drive on. mates Norco fluid 29" felt terrible so stuck with the 27.5 despite the cost compared to the fuel, are all bikes these fun these days? was looking at a trek fuel simply because its a steal would be fun have mow everything down bike too but need the playfulness of 27
At the end of the day, it's your money and no one can tell you what you should like. Cheers dude!
The truth has been told. I just ordered one of the last ones
Nice!!
Man , I hate it when people ask me why I got a Trance 27.5 instead of a 29. If you purchase a $ 3000.00 mountain bike to please or impress other people and not yourself , you already lost the game ..... of course I tested several bikes , specially Treks and Giants ( I have a good relationship with the store ) and at the end , the Giant Trance 27.5 aluminum was the one that felt right under my body and weight, the other bikes are perfect and beautiful ( Yes ) but like women, it is very hard or impossible to say why you fell for that ONE .
So why did you pick a 27.5? Lol
@@chrisjones7281 Lol.
@@chrisjones7281 Well, I always rode 26"s so 29 is too lofty for me, 27.5"s feel closer to 26"s without the obvious disadvages of the old bikes.
@@chrisjones7281 Lol.
I have the same bike! I love this bike
Love the content keep it coming. When we going to get an update on the T7?
I’m planning to set that up tubeless and hit the trials for you guys and talk in depth about it!
@@MattyActive sweet, I’ll be looking out for the video. That’s the bike I’m thinking of getting!
Its fine, 27.5 is great. Enjoy your bike! Consider carbon wheel upgrade down the road, and the bike will come alive.
Bro you got me when you said geometry 🤣 Iam looking at one, 2400 euros 2022 model..what ya think?
No Bosch motor and SRAM Transmission with a ZEB fork? This bike no good to me.
Beginner biker? 😆😅🤣 your the first Beginner biker I've seen who can wheelie like that.
What's with the Instapot on your head... LOL
🤣
i have a quick ? what year is your bike?
2021
If you love it, who cares what anyone else thinks. Everyone likes something different. Not everyone likes a super stretched out ultra modern rig. Ride what fits your style and have fun. 👍
I only ride a hardtail now. No interest in a full squish rig
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.
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.
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.
That Remedy is the real deal, straight up good timeless trail bike.
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!
It does indeed boil down to: What You Enjoy. Nice bike and a great message for those who are looking to buy.
Buying discontinued bike 🙈
Great advice 👍! I still love my Santa Cruz Hightower, but my Trek Marlin 5 was still my first love. The Trek brand is fire.
Matty this is exactly why so many of us f&&c with you, because it is about feel. What sense does it make to babble on about specs, carbon parts that cost so much, brands, when you're not happy riding it??There's NO point is all that garbage, that we need new bikes, and all that is a scam. That's exactly why newer shops and smaller shops because so great, because they are not just there to push what they want on the riders. In other words, I know if you had a shop, you would see no need in selling a $6000 bike on someone who will never go past fire roads and paved trails on a bike. You might not be interested in this, yet I bet plenty of us want people like YOU toa take over and clean up this mess of an industry. WE have more riders and trails then ever in history, yet we are still overpricing bikes. The industry needs VOLUME to the point that MOST people ride, and adjust the pricing as needed. For example, if you got such a capable bike like the Remedy for $2700, then why isn't that the standard anyway? That bike is going the same places as $8000 bikes and making it work....PERIOD...The fact is, most of that stuff that is between the $3000 and $9000 bikes just make them more complex and expensive to maintain..So you got the Remedy for $2700, so let's say you keep it 10 years. With some work you will have to do ,you might spend around $5000- on the high end and that's just time/wear of parts,etc...In contrast,you buy a $8000 bike and still have to maintain it for another $5000??? Why do that???
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.
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.
I got a 23 frame to update the 2018 one
added a 160 29 lyrik fork, cascade link and damn.... that is the monster
love it very much
mainly bought it due to being M (for reach) and L (while seating)
I don't like these new bikes with 460 reach and very steep STA
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. 😂
Theres this YT Jeffsy i know i need, carbon, L and 27,5. Its beautifull and its been taken care of. But im second in line to see it, because in 2 days someone is going over there to check it out, the owner told me they might buy it. So im sure ill lose it, and im feeling like shit about it. But if that wasnt the case, i cant buy it anihow because i only have half the money the guy asks. Here i am 😂 looking around in my room at stuff, looking for shit to sell. I dont know whats gonna happen, im hoping things turn around somehow.
Watching for the review but finding out you are a silent Trek fan. My man! \m/
27.5s aren't going anywhere. There will always be a place to playful, nimble, active mtbs.
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
Bike manufacturers bring out new bikes every year it’s how the industry works
This is why I love watching you. You always give great advice and are super down to earth. Keep it going Matty!
I have a trek roscoe 6 with upgrade but i would love to have one of this to hit bigger jumps
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
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!!
God is so good 👍! I am so glad to see that people who are like me are going mtbiking!
If you didn't know now you know - nice one, very nice;)
This is how everyone should be when finding the right bike for themselves. Don’t try to fit in because “everyone” is riding slack and long enduro bikes. Get it for your personal riding style, great advice. Glad your not one of the bazillion “upgrade” TH-camrs, getting a bike is more a long term investment, keep it for years.
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.
Good video.... keeping it real!
Great advice man 🤘🏻🤘🏻
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.
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.
Very very very nice bike - gratz!
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
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 😁
I’agree 😁👍🙋🏻♂️
Matt you stay true to yourself brother! Love your style love your content. I watch you and MUST go out and ride after💪🇺🇸
Get a Nukeproof✊🏾
I almost agree full heartedly. The only thing you said, that triggered me somehow and you went against your own words: If you go to a bikepark, I gotta have a full sus.
Well, no! Ride what you like and is burly enough to handle, what you are riding. I.e. I am using an Orbea Laufey, a trail hardtail, in a bikepark, since it is the only bike I own and the next one will be a Kona Honzo ESD frame: An Enduro Hardtail 😊
Nice video. I like following you. I wonder how all those years went by so quickly
Yea I agree, I noticed that also and disagree with myself lol. You don’t need a full suspension for bike park but it’s definitely more comfortable
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 am riding the remedy 8 (my 19 and now my22) for years now and love that thing. It climbs very well and is super playful. Also on the downhills it performs well. I havent tried a 29er but maybe i will in the next years. The remedy is the perfect do it all bike. My previous one got stolen and i bought the last modelyear anyways instead of switching to the fuel ex or slash.
Hi Matt, great video. I personally am thinking of buying this bike or maybe the aluminum Marin Rift Zone XR 2023 but I can't decide which one to buy :(.
If you can get a good deal on the remedy it’s definitely worth it!
Great bike , rides smooth th-cam.com/users/postUgkxHL1v1R3NE5x4KiYfyt8dnQmyNYz7qi5L I added a bigger spring loaded seat to it . Takes a bit of adjusting cables to get brakes and shifting to perfect . I've owned quite a few bikes in the past that were absolutely uncomfortable to ride and they always ended up as garage wall decor . I'm not seeing that with this one. It's pretty light I've only ridden it a few miles but I like it . As for the pedals falling off in the other reviews , the pedal arms are aluminum along with the pedal studs look to be also . I would not overtighten them. I can see it would be very easy to overtighten them and strip the threads right off . All in all I think it's pretty good quality besides the aluminum pedal thing .
M/L
Awesome buy bro 😊
This is great advice. I just bought a new Roscoe 8. I have a 2021 Roscoe 6 that I'm selling. What helmet are you wearing in this video? Looks great.
Thank you! I’m wearing a Bern Hendrix helmet
Ride what ya got
I can't find a Remedy for this price anywhere, it's ludicrous some places still selling 2019 models for 5k+
Exactly why I couldn’t pass this up! It was the only one left in the store