![]() This all-new app can do a host of things, including motor tuning, navigation and range monitoring. Steve Behr / Our MediaĪt the time of writing, the Trek Central app isn’t yet available, but should be by the time you read this. The AirWiz unit on the shock helps to monitor spring pressure and, via the app, will let you know if it’s still at the pressure it should be before riding. The charging port is located out of harm’s way, on the upper side of the down tube, just above the bottle cage. What’s clever here is that it plugs into the main battery/charging port via a very short cable. If that’s not enough, Trek offers a 160Wh range extender battery that’ll fit into a regular bottle cage. TQ says the battery weighs 1,835g and can offer around five hours of ride time in eco mode, or two hours in the highest power setting. It sits within the relatively slender (for an e-MTB) down tube, which Trek says is 39 per cent smaller than that of its heavy-hitting Rail e-MTB, helping it to look a little less bulky. Steve Behr / Our MediaĬonsidering the Fuel EXe aesthetics and how close it looks to a regular, non-assisted mountain bike, you might be surprised to hear that the battery it packs has a 360Wh capacity. A useful handle (that can be removed) is fixed to the end of the battery and makes removal and installation that bit easier. Understandably, going with a relatively unheard-of brand (within the bike industry, at least) such as TQ is a big risk.Ī thick plastic cover helps to protect the opening in the down tube from which the battery can be accessed. Why build a bike around an existing motor if you can help create a motor that limits geometry compromise? It seems it was keen to explore other options and limit compromise. The drive unit in question is compact, light at around 1,850g (claimed to be the lightest motor in this category) and barely visible (you’ll need to look at the non-driveside of the bike to spot it).īut why, we hear you ask, didn’t Trek opt to use one of the bigger motor manufacturers for the Fuel EXe project? The bike is, after all, built around the new TQ HPR50 drive unit and it could be argued that this technology has enabled Trek to create a bike that could redefine what’s possible with lightweight eMTBs in the future. While we’d normally get stuck straight into the frame details, this time around we need to start by talking through the motor that sits neatly inside the Fuel EXe. ![]() TQ is well established in the robotics and aerospace sectors, but less well known in the cycling world.
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