TREK Fuel EX 9.8 XT Satin Baja Yellow GEN 6 | TRail/Enduro bike
Fuel your wildest rides
Got an appetite for everything? Meet the Fuel. From fast and loose steeps to side hits, high alpine climbs to rough countryside boulders, the Fuel is a rip-anything trail bike that adapts to however and wherever you ride. Three configurations satisfy any trail rider, whether you’re after the balanced handling of a true trail bike, a playful and poppy ripper, or a long travel crusher. Add in refined frame details and award-winning suspension kinematics and the Fuel delivers the custom-tunable ride you’ve always dreamed of.
Fine tune for full send
Only you can define your perfect trail bike – that’s why select Fuel models are available in three adjustability-packed configurations, all from the same chassis. Start by choosing from the do-it-all EX, the pop-happy MX or the point-and-plough LX, then tweak and tune your build just to your liking. Or, if you’re starting with a Fuel EX model, you can change your set-up with aftermarket links. Whatever your set-up, you’ll get a geometry-corrected ride with the suspension leverage rate to match.
Fuel+ EX
With 29” wheels and 145/150 mm (rear/front) travel, the EX is the classic Fuel configuration. You get the most efficient pedalling and the most balanced handling, making it the right bike for a massive variety of riders and terrain. That’s why the Fuel 5, 7 and 9.7 only come standard as an EX.
Fine tune for full send
Only you can define your perfect trail bike – that’s why select Fuel models are available in three adjustability-packed configurations, all from the same chassis. Start by choosing from the do-it-all EX, the pop-happy MX or the point-and-plough LX, then tweak and tune your build just to your liking. Or, if you’re starting with a Fuel EX model, you can change your set-up with aftermarket links. Whatever your set-up, you’ll get a geometry-corrected ride with the suspension leverage rate to match.
Increased Dropper Insertion
More room for shocks and accessories
Increased stack on larger sizes
Increased Dropper Insertion
More room for shocks and accessories
Increased stack on
larger sizes
Dialled to be different
Many trail bikes allow you to swap 29ers for mullet or roll with different shocks, but most don’t adapt the frame to optimise your new set-up. This means that you end up compromising your ride with suspension that doesn’t feel quite right, off-kilter geometry or a bottom bracket so low it causes pedal strikes on every climb.
The Fuel is different. We don’t just throw on a few new parts and call it a day, because we don’t want your component selection to compromise the geometry or quality of your ride. All three versions of the Fuel start with the same frame, but the magic in these builds comes from interchangeable rocker links and shock mounts that adapt the chassis for your dream build.
Open triangle
An open front triangle gives you loads of room for stashing big water bottles and additional accessories, like frame bags or mini pumps.
Adjustable leverage rate
Tweak your leverage rate with the flip of a chip. Go less progressive for a plusher feel when you’re deep in the travel or more progressive for big features, more bottom out resistance, or running a coil shock.
Adjustable leverage rate
Tweak your leverage rate with the flip of a chip. Go less progressive for a plusher feel when you’re deep in the travel or more progressive for big features, more bottom out resistance, or running a coil shock.
ZS standard headset
The new zero-stack standard headset, allows for more aftermarket options, like angle-adjust headsets or tricked-out colours.
Load up, roll out
Stash ride essentials with in-frame storage on all Fuel models – both carbon and alloy. Plus, top tube accessory mounts let you load up even more.
Load up, roll out
Stash ride essentials with in-frame storage on all Fuel models – both carbon and alloy. Plus, top tube accessory mounts let you load up even more.
A quieter ride
Meticulously engineered chainstay guards keep your ride quieter through the rough, while updated downtube guards protect from rock strikes.
Straight seat tube
Laverage rate adjust
~200g ligher frame
Adaptable travel & wheel size
Improved CS guard
Internal storage 2.0
ZS standart headset
Improved cabler routing
Updated geometry
Straight seat tube
Laverage rate adjust
~200g ligher frame
Adaptable travel & wheel size
Improved CS guard
Internal storage 2.0
ZS standart headset
Improved cabler routing
Updated geometry
| Front Wheel Block | Bontrager Line Comp 30, Tubeless Ready, 6-bolt, Boost110, 15mm thru axle, 29 |
|---|---|
| Model | FUEL EX 9.8 XT |
| Fork | Fox Performance 36 / Float EVOL air spring / GRIP damper / tapered steerer / 44 mm offset / Boost110 / 15 mm Kabolt axle / 150 mm travel |
| Shock | Fox Performance Float X / 2-position damper / 185 mm x 55 mm |
| Rear wheel | Bontrager Line Comp 30, Tubeless Ready, Rapid Drive 108, 6-bolt, SRAM XD freehub, Boost148 |
| Rims | Bontrager Line Comp 30 |
| Hub | Bontrager alloy |
| Tyre | Bontrager SE5 Team Issue / Tubeless Ready / Core Strength sidewalls / aramid bead / 120 tpi / 29x2.50 |
| Tupe part | Bontrager TLR sealant / 180 ml |
| Rim strip | Bontrager TLR |
| Shifter | Shimano XT M8100 / 1X12-speed |
| Rear deraileur | Shimano XT M8100 / long cage |
| Bottom bracket | Shimano BB-MT501 BSA |
| Cassette | Shimano XT M8100 / 10-51 / 12 speed |
| Chain | Shimano Ultegra/XT M8100 / 12 speed |
| Saddle | Bontrager Arvada / 138mm |
| Seatpost | Bontrager Line Elite Dropper MaxFlow 34.9 mm : S 100 mm travel 345 mm length / M 150 mm travel 440 mm length / L 170 mm travel 485 mm length / XL 200 mm travel 550 mm length |
| Handdlebar | Race Face Turbine, alloy, 35mm, 40mm rise, 780mm width |
| Grips | Bontrager XR Trail Elite |
| Headset | Integrated cartridge bearing / 1-1/8" top / 1.5" bottom / angle adjust cup compatible |
| Brakes | Shimano XT M8120 4-piston hydraulic disc |
| Weight limit | This bike has a maximum total weight limit (combined weight of bicycle / rider and cargo) of 136 kg (300 lb). |
| Bike weight | M – 14.33 kg |
| Equipment | Bontrager BITS Internal Frame Storage Bag |
