Trek Session 88 DH

The basics

It's Trek's new 200mm downhill and freeride frame platform. From the front , the head tube has a bottom-heavy hourglass shape to incorporate Fox and Rockshox' E2 forks (a 1pointFive inch lower race and a standard 1.125in upper race). The shock linkage is similar to that on the Remedy - only bigger.

The frame's linkage uses the same 'Full Floater' technology, where both ends of the shock are mounted to linkages, rather than the frame. This lets you play around with shock ratios a lot more. At the back end, there is the same sort of captive QR for the Active Braking Pivot - only this time it's a bolt-through axle.