Trek Wahoo Trail Lightweight Off

Trek has a new line of simple lightweight alloy kids’ bike called the Wahoo Trail that gives the old Wahoo family a big off-road performance boost. It’s still a rigid aluminum hardtail. But now it gets a lighter carbon fork, much bigger tire clearance, hydraulic disc brakes, a bit more modern MicroShift 1x drivetrain, and internal routing for a dropper post. Like its predecessor, it comes in 24″ wheels, or a smaller 20″ version, too.

Officially, the Wahoo family is Trek’s hybrid kids bike, with ‘just big enough’ tires to make it off-road-ready, but sticking with a light and simple rigid frame and fork. Well for 2024, the hybrids lean a bit harder into mountain bikes with the new Wahoo Trail, bumping up to 2.2″ tires – and room for more – plus, what Trek is calling an ‘adult-level’ spec with kid-specific component fits.

Compared to the old Wahoo, this new Wahoo Trail simply looks beefed up for mountain biking. The 4 big visual shifts are:

Less obvious, but Trek’s new Alpha Silver Aluminum Wahoo Trail gets a geometry upgrade with a much slacker 67° head angle, longer chainstays & more BB drop. It’s definitely a more MTB-oriented bike now with about 2cm longer Reach and lower Stack and longer wheelbase overall to complement the bigger tires.

The Wahoo Trail build also upgrades to a MicroShift Advent 1x 9-speed drivetrain with a wider gear spread and a kid-friendly trigger shifter. It gets post mount brakes, a 68mm threaded BB, bolt-on QR axles, a replaceable derailleur hanger, and a kickstand.

The new Wahoo Trail comes in two sizes with either 20″ or 24″ wheels, but otherwise the same spec. Both come in 2 colors – Plasma Grey Pearl or Power Surge green – each with bling oil slick alloy rims.

The Trek Wahoo Trail 24 sells for $700 / 750€ (claimed weight 10.7kg/23.59lb). While the smaller Trek Wahoo Trail 20 costs a bit less at 730€. No word yet on US pricing for the smaller wheeled bike.

Both are officially available globally online and at your local Trek dealer now. Although we haven’t yet seen the 20″ bike on the US site.

TrekBikes.com