2024 Trek Fuel EX 9.8 GX Gen 5
The Trek Fuel EX 9.8 GX Gen 5 is a high-end, full-suspension trail bike with exceptional versatility and performance.
It features a 130mm rear and 140mm front FOX suspension with upgraded front and rear dampers, carbon wheels with a Rapid Drive bottom hub, and SRAM’s latest, widest-range drivetrain.
2024 Trek Fuel EX 9.8 GX Gen 5
The bike has an adjustable geometry via Mino Link flip chip in the rear rocker link pivot, with XS having 27.5″ wheels, SM available with 27.5″ or 29″ wheels, and MD-XL having 29″ wheels. The bike is priced at around $6,050.
The 2024 Trek Fuel EX 9.8 GX Gen 5 has received a massive overhaul, with a 10mm travel bump front and rear, now sitting at 150mm front and 140mm end.
The bike can accept a 27.5″ rear wheel if you up the fork travel to 160mm, and it also sees an adjustable head angle and flexible back shock progression.
The bike is comfortable uphill, has intuitive handling, and has a high-quality frame with an integrated storage compartment.
However, the tires are puncture-prone and generate little traction, and the brakes don’t do the bike’s potential justice.
Overall, the 2024 Trek Fuel EX 9.8 GX Gen 5 is an excellent investment for one bike that does it all.
You get a light carbon frame, but the parts make this model, like the extra-adjustable GRIP damper, the magic carpet ride of Thru Shaft, and the blistering acceleration of carbon wheels with a Rapid Drive hub.
The bike is a high-value, high-performance mountain bike with exceptional versatility.
Trek Fuel EX 9.8 GX Gen 5 Specs
| Frame | OCLV Mountain Carbon main frame and stays, Removable Integrated Battery (RIB), tapered head tube, Knock Block, Control Freak internal routing, magnesium rocker link, Mino Link, ABP, Boost148, 130mm travel |
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| Fork | Fox Performance 36, Float EVOL air spring, GRIP damper, tapered steerer, 44mm offset, Boost110, 15mm Kabolt axle, 140mm travel |
| Shock | Fox Performance Float EVOL, RE:aktiv with Thru Shaft 3-position damper, tuned by Trek Suspension Lab, 210×52.5mm |
| Front Wheel | Bontrager Line Carbon 30, OCLV Mountain Carbon, Tubeless Ready, 6-bolt, Boost110, 15mm thru-axle |
| Rear Wheel | Bontrager Line Carbon 30, OCLV Mountain Carbon, Tubeless Ready, 6-bolt, SRAM XD driver, Boost148, 12mm thru-axle |
| Tires | Bontrager XR4 Team Issue, Tubeless Ready, Inner Strength sidewalls, aramid bead, 120 tpi, 29×2.6.” |
| Shifters | SRAM GX Eagle, 12 speed |
| Rear Derailleur | SRAM GX Eagle, Roller Bearing Clutch |
| Crank | Truvativ Descendant 7k Eagle DUB, 32T alloy ring, Boost, 175mm length |
| Bottom Bracket | SRAM DUB, 92mm, PressFit |
| Cassette | SRAM GX Eagle, 10-52, 12 speed |
| Chain | SRAM GX Eagle, 12 speed |
| Saddle | Bontrager Arvada, hollow chromoly rails, 138mm width |
| Seatpost | Bontrager Line Elite Dropper, internal routing, 31.6mm |
| Handlebar | Bontrager Line Pro, OCLV Carbon, 35mm, 27.5mm rise, 820mm width |
