Trek Top Fuel 8 XT Mercury 2024

Where it stands

Priced below the market rate for its equipment, but in stock in no size at any shop that sells it. That is why it is not our pick in its price range.

Our pick · €2,500 – €3,000

• Cube Stereo ONE44 C:68X SLX 2023 at Multicycle€2,700EUR 249 cheaper, GX Eagle AXS instead of XT, decent aluminium rather than unidentified wheels, carbon rather than aluminium frame, 12.6 kg vs 14.02 kg.

What you get

Frame

Aluminium Alpha Platinum Aluminium, internes Staufach, konisches Steuerrohr, Knock Block 2.0, interne Zugführung, Unterrohrschutz, Magnesiumumlenkhebel, Mino Link, ABP, B

Drivetrain

Shimano XT, 12-speed (mixed build)

Wheels

model not recognised: VR: Bontrager Line Comp 30, Tubeless Ready, 6-Loch-Scheibenaufnahme, Boost110, 15 mm Steckachse, 29" | HR: Bontrager Line Comp 30, Tubeless

Brakes

Hydraulic disc, 4-piston

Weight

14.02 kg as published

Power meter

No

Suspension

full suspension

Fork

RockShox Pike, 130 mm travel

Rear shock

RockShox Deluxe, the maker's top series

Tyres

VR: Bontrager XR4 Team Issue, Tubeless Ready, Inner Strength-Flankenschutz, Aramidwulstkern, 120 TPI, 29 x 2.40 | HR: Bontrager XR4 Team Issue, Tubeless Ready,

The compromises

• Mixed groupset: not every component is Shimano XT.
• Mechanical shifting, at a price where electronic groupsets are common.
• Wheels not identified from the listing, so we scored them level with basic aluminium rather than guess.
• Aluminium frame, at a price where carbon is common.
• 2024 model year.

Your size

What Liquid-Life lists, and what it has today

This brand publishes no centimetre equivalence we can verify, so the bike appears only when you pick a letter size.

Where to buy

Liquid-Life is the only one of the 22 shops we check that sells this bike.

Price so far

How sure we are