My first and last Mountain Bike: The 1999 Trek Fuel 100

georges1

Retro Guru
Hello
In march, I was thinking about buying a road bike frame but I already have too many road bike projects. I've never owned a full-suspension bike, but I've had the opportunity to ride a few. My choice was a Trek Fuel 100 frame that I'd already had the chance to try out at the time, and which was in very good condition. And it seemed to me to be the best of the lot in terms of geometry, performance and, above all, ZR9000 alloy tubes, which, as Trek put it on its website and in its catalogs, "ZR9000 aluminium is lighter than titanium and stronger than steel". As I already have two Trek Alpha SLR aluminum frames made in the USA, which give me great satisfaction, I decided to continue with Trek. The frame will be equipped with XT 780 T/XT T8000, I already have a pair of mavic X717 wheels with XT760 hubs, the crankset will be a race face or an xt, conti tires, xt 8000 pedals, easton handlebars and stem, xt vbrake 780t, carbon or bontrager seatpost, the saddle I'll see.
Have a good weekend
Best regards
Georges

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The choice of brakes was complicated because the XT 780T vbrakes have not been in production for a few years. I wasn't a fan of shimano v brakes with deformable parallelograms because they're temperamental in bad weather and difficult to adjust. I remembered that specialized had equipped some of its S works with Avid Arch Rival and Avid Exterme Arch. So I bought Avid Arch Rival Vbrake calipers with Avid Speed Dial 5 brake levers known for their legendary bite in all weathers and without the disadvantages of the deformable parallelogram shimano vbrakes.

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Buying cranksets for my Trek wasn't easy. I have XT cranksets on 5 of my mountain bikes, XT FC T780 cranksets on 3 and XT FC M770 cranksets on 2, FSA cranksets on my Trek 6700 SLR, and a Race Face XC crankset on my Gary Fisher Hoo Koo Ekoo project. The XT FC M780 cranksets were nowhere to be found, and the XT FC M770s were often in average condition. So I bought a Race Evolve XC in near-new condition with a Race Face bottom bracket that will fit the Trek Fuel 100 perfectly.

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Well the project has been finished , the rock shox sid will go to the Gary Fisher, instead of that I went with a rock shox tk silver solo air. On this first gen full suspended Fuel 100, anything larger 26*2.00 wouldn't fit. Components that were used were XT 780T for pedals, chain, cassette, shifters, race face xc evolove for crankset, avid arch rival for v brakes, avid titanium brake levers , Mavic Crossmax SSC Wheels and Conti Crossking 26*2.00 tires.
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The bike handlkes extremely well, shifts very well and brakes very well. I am very pleased of the result.
Have a nice day everyone
Very best regards and stay safe
Georges
 
I don't know if any of you have had problems with bent axles on race face xc cranksets. After a few rides with my fuel 100, and especially yesterday, I noticed that the crankset was touching the front derailleur fork almost all the time, whereas before this wasn't the case. My bike shop told me that the axle must have bent. I settled on an FSA Afterburner in excellent condition with its bottom bracket, which I found at a good price on ebay.I don't know if any of you have had problems with bent axles on race face xc cranksets. After a few rides with my fuel 100, and especially yesterday, I noticed that the crankset was touching the front derailleur fork almost all the time, whereas before this wasn't the case. My bike shop told me that the axle must have bent. I settled on an FSA Afterburner in excellent condition with its bottom bracket, which I found at a good price on ebay.
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