 Oh look, it's true, you can polish a turd!
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 Although I hate those DUC's it's good to see someone else embracing the 69er concept!!
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 lol, it should be put down, destroyed and then put down once more..
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 "outré" So the bike is indignant or outraged. An indignant bike, an outraged bike, hmmm, nope can't be that. Mike must mean overdone or excessive then. I know! He thought the bike was crap and used something that would go over the heads of the uncultured Yanks at Trek. 
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I just hope they get the 31" wheeled bikes out before the 29" wheels become fashionable, I hate being fashionable and it's going to happen be stupid for it not to for your average trail rider.
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I must admit it does look rubbish
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 Indeed.. the Trek 69er riders are such nice chaps but I always think the 69 is Trek desperately trying to be niche.. despite the fact they are a monolithic bike company.. perhaps the bikes work great but I would sacrifice a little function for style.. Trek is to bikes what Vauxhall is to cars!
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 If they wanted to loss weight they should just take that stupid plate from the sprocket.
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Who are making 31" wheels then?
So would you run it with a 26" or a 29" wheel?
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 I like it, it would look better with a Lefty though.
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I'm clearly in a minority here but I think it looks great. The stock 69er is the only single speed / big wheeled / Trek bike I've ever wanted a go on. It strikes me Trek has looked at what 29" wheels can do and designed in function, rather than follow a trend.
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Your obviously very bored DK.
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First day back at work for two weeks after having flu, got to ease back into things gently you know.
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 outré I was aiming for "unconventional".
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Bad timing that - 1st day back a Friday!!
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"hors normes" then.
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Look, here's it in action: and another one I guess it helps that they're really light... 
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Don't Stan's do tubeless kits or Mavic make tubeless rims for 29ers yet?  All that bling and not even a latex tube.
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A wet day meant time flicking through MBUK where Matt Skinner rode a non-polished example and put it in the "Super Bikes" section. A notoriously twisty fork on a notoriously harsh type of frame with an obvious lack of gears must have some appeal then. To me the obvious use for the larger wheel is at the front on a fully rigid bike but at the back on a hardtail. In other words where the terrain smoothing ability of a bigger wheel will help most. The acceleration thing with a 26" wheel on the back is misleading. You have to accelerate both wheels whether connected to the drive train or not.
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