All mountain bikers know the importance of durability for a good mountain bike. Of course, it makes no sense paying hundreds or thousands of pounds for a bike that can’t handle tough trails. If a mountain bike begins showing strain early on in its life then it won’t last and is unlikely to be the right choice for anyone other than a very beginner. Riders looking for durability need to look at Trek mountain bikes.

Amongst their range, Trek mountain bikes offer full suspension, hardtails, road bikes and women’s bikes. Consumers have a choice of carbon fibre or aluminium models. As experienced bikers will know, many prefer carbon fibre frames because they are lightweight. Unfortunately, with lightweight often comes the disadvantage of a bike being less durable: not so with Trek mountain bikes.

The reason Trek mountain bikes are so durable is because of the technique used in the production of their carbon fibre bikes. A process of production known as Optimum Compaction Low Void was invented and patented by Trek mountain bikes. The only manufacturer to use this precise process is Trek mountain bikes.

The technique means heat and pressure are applied to multidirectional layers of carbon fibre to densely compress them. The process may sound complex but it is in reality just a variation on the typical process of heat treating carbon fibre and resin. Trek mountain bikes say that this technique achieves ‘an optimum ratio of fibre to resin’ giving plenty of strength but minimising weight. In other words, this technique gives the best weight to durability ratio possible.

The low void part of the name refers to the elimination of voids. Voids being the small or even microscopic gaps which can be found between layers of carbon fibre. There are huge benefits to eliminating these gaps because they are normally the source of fatigue failures.