Trek! A History in Mountain bicycling 1975 to 2010

Trek OCLV came to be during the early 1990s. Bob Read the director of Trek had attended an Aerospace exhibit and decided that Carbon frame moulds was the long run. Using the correct moulds and Carbon he would manage to build a frame which was not simply light but stiff and strong too.

In 1992 the first Carbon Trek frame was made. OCLV stands for “Optimum Compaction, Low Void” and refers to Trek’s proprietary process for creating carbon structures that exceed aerospace standards. At this time Trek had produced the World’s lightest production road frame. It weighed 2.44lbs Trek also announced the T3C suspension system. Quite simply meaning that the bike’s travel was 3 times the shock compression. After the success of the carbon road frames the carbon mountain bike frame was soon to follow. In 1993 the first OCLV mountain bike was introduced. This was the 9900. Again, this was the world’s lightest production mountain bike frame weighing in at on 2.84lbs.

The carbon frame is now a common sight but it is amazing to think that the weights we are still seeing to this day were almost achieved by Trek in the early 1990s. The 2.44lbs on a road frame is still a very respectable weight for a road frame and the mountain bike frame is lighter than the vast majority that are out today.

Along with their lifetime warranty, a carbon Trek bike is probably the safest, expensive purchases your family will enjoy in biking. The lifetime warranty on road and mountain bike is valid for the first owner provided they own the bike or frame. Despite having this offers are an uncommon occurrence to listen to or read of the frame failing on account of manufacturers defects.

In case you crash and break your frame a selection of a heavily reduced replacement under their “Crash Replacement Scheme” is obtainable. This offers the confidence to ride hard and push you to ultimately the limit on every ride if you wish or maybe gives you the confidence in purchasing a costly but great value product.

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