Is the 2022 Trek Farley 9.6 for you? My one year review.
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Published 2022-12-25
I typically do not speak - I had an accident in 2012 and ended up having a full stroke. I did recover 98% physically but I was left a speaking issue… I stumble and have a word capture issue. I have been working on it. This video I started to mix speaking and text. Please forgive the poor audio. I’ll get a real mic in the near future.
Let me know if you would rather have me just stick to text.
Trek Farley 9.6
I’m trying to come up with a way to visually show what I’m feeling in the steering.
A) The steering is really light and quick.
B) The steering continually requires attention trying to keep straight.
C) In a turn it has an odd pull mid turn….
I believe it’s the wide 4.5” tires. I never experienced this with the 3.8” tires. I’ll purchase 27.5 X 4” tires and do a follow up report.
I have a poll in the community tab on whether I should pick a WREN or Manitou to try out this winter.
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I am impressed with the flat nylon pedals that come with the bike. I know normally pedals that come with bikes are basically a throw away item. Most install their go to pedals before the first ride. Wearing my Van boots they were quick to find traction and feel solid while holding a 80 to 90 rpm. They may wear down quickly but I’m impressed initially. I’ll do a follow up.
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All Comments (8)
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Sweet! I love that swivel mount!! YES to the FATRIDE decal 😊
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Nice video, I love my 9.8 and the only reason for that over the 9.6 is I wanted the carbon Wampa’s.
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I’ve been riding my new 2023 9.6 for 2 months now & it’s an awesome bike, it’s exceed all my expectations. I also didn’t like the stock aluminum bars so I switched to carbon, otherwise still stock & rigid. I also notice the same pull mid turn, maybe my tire pressure is too low, currently I’m running 6psi, gonna experiment & bump it up to 7. This bike is so fast & handles so well, I did not expect that, I agree with all your points, this bike is a blast to ride!
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Hi, currently I can bike the 2202 9.6 for $150 dollars more then a the 2023 Farley 5. I want to bikepack so the 5 maybe makes more sense as it has more mounts but the 2022 9.6 is way better specced. What would you advise ? Cheers from Scotland 🏴
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just picked up the same bike, and would like to put on a 29+ wheelset for summer. Where did you get your set, and what width? Also, what fork is that? Thanks.
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Kindly question any one know how to find bottom bracket for fat bike size 170 mm
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1. You keep referring to your summer shock and winter fork configuration. They're both a "fork". Your summer configuration is a suspension fork and your winter configuration is a rigid fork. The reason you feel an odd "pull" with the rigid fork has nothing to do with the fork and everything to do with you utilizing the considerably fatter tire at lower pressures. It's called self-steer and it's just a characteristic of a fatter tire at lower pressures. Using fat tires at low pressures on dirt will just feel this way... That's why a lot of people run 29 plus in dirt in the summer... It eliminates the self-steer, makes for a considerably faster more sprightly ride, and has plenty of rollover. Using a true fat tire like 4.5" in my opinion should be at a low PSI, even down to 5psi. Heck, that's why they're so big...and it really smooths out the trail chatter. Raising your tire pressure to combat the natural characteristics of a fat tire on dirt is just another way of saying "I really don't like fat bikes in the summer". You just have to be honest with yourself and enjoy the bike for what it is or switch to 29 plus in the summer or go back to a different style of summer mountain bike. In my opinion, there's no better all around trail bike tire than the 29x3 Bontrager XR2. I run mine at 14.8 PSI and they're so light and sprightly, they still smooth out trail chatter, they are 30.5" diameter so they roll over bigger things very well, and they feel like a cross country rocket. 2. Mentioning missing your carbon bar because you're back on aluminum is meaningless when running proper fat bike pressures. If you're running fat bike pressures as low as they're supposed to be you will not feel the difference in those bars. It's a placebo effect. Just like a carbon versus aluminum frame... The only difference you're going to feel is a difference in frame weight. If it were a more standard style hard tail with 2.35in tires at high pressures you would definitely feel the difference. 3. The creaking noise you're hearing is likely because you bought a bike with a press fit bottom bracket. This is a common characteristic to that style of bottom bracket... Exactly the reason I don't consider Farley an option for me. Press fit bottom brackets are a way for the frame manufacturer to save time and money on the manufacturing process. Threaded bottom brackets are the only way to go on mountain bikes and more manufacturers are seeing this these days and getting back off the press fit bandwagon back onto something that really works properly. Specialized finally realized this with a lot of their bikes and went back to threaded because so many people complained about the industry moving in that direction. The industry is taking notice and changing back for the greater good of the bike mechanic and end user. That said, I don't own a specialized either... Lol. Farley is a good bike but the bottom bracket is a deal breaker.
