![]() One thing not present on my bike was Trek’s AirWiz suspension pressure sensors on the fork and shock, or the Quarq TyreWiz tire pressure sensors on the wheels. Also impressive were the 2023 RockShox parts which are a step forward in smoothness for the brand, and operate silently. The Bontrager SE5 Team Issue tires are the best Bontrager trail tires I’ve ever ridden, and I feel like the company has a rubber compound that lets them compete with the best on the market. I did notice the RockShox Reverb AXS dropper on this post seemed smoother and less sticky than other examples of this post I’ve tried, perhaps due to some running changes on the assembly line. The parts were, as you would hope for a bike this expensive, flawless. My test bike was the most expensive model: The $14,000 9.9 XX1 AXS in Baja Yellow. Plus, the EX-e uses the all-new TQ motor (which is new to me) and the 2023 RockShox Lyrik fork and Super Deluxe Ultimate shock (which I have spent minimal time on). With the Fuel EX-e, Trek debuts an all-new frame platform which I’ve never ridden before which seems likely to become (in an unpowered version) the next version of Trek’s Fuel EX trail bike. However, with this new Fuel EX-e, Trek flipped the script on me because the powered version came first. Most of the e-bikes I ride are motorized versions of a brand’s existing unpowered frame platform, which there’s a better-than-good chance I’ve already ridden. The Fuel EX-e arrives in shops worldwide, in limited numbers, today. The EX-e proves that the old Less Is More axiom works for e-bikes too. As I found out, being less powerful doesn’t mean less fun. It should also interest lighter and less powerful riders put off by riding a 50-pound eMTB. That makes it appealing to riders who want an e-bike but also want the feel and handling of an unpowered e-bike. The EX-e is lighter, a lot lighter-10 or so pounds lighter-than a full-power e-bike because it uses a less powerful motor requiring a smaller battery. While the usual e-bike story is about more power, battery, and range, the EX-e falls into the intriguing e-light category where the story is less. Trek kicks off a big week of mountain bike launches here at Bicycling with the introduction of their latest e-mountain bike: The Fuel EX-e.
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