After years of producing mountain bike clothing under the Bontrager name, Trek is making a small run of eco-friendly apparel under its own name. The line is simple for now, made up of three pairs of shorts, a liner and a simple, cotton and polyester tech tee. Pricing is not too extravagant, the branding is nice and subtle and there are men’s, women’s and even youth options.
Eco-friendly fabrics that re-use plastics
Trek wants its new apparel line to be tough on trails while having a lighter touch on the environment. In a similar vein, Trek’s designers leaned on some of mountain biking’s most famous landscapes for inspiration. That means earth-tone colours and, like some of the Wisconsin brand’s more recent bikes, minimal branding.
The basis of this line is fabrics tested to Standard 100 by Oeko-Tex. Earning this label requires fabrics to be tested for harmful substances and for fabrics to be made with a certain percentage of recycled plastic water bottles. Trek estimates using these fabrics will help divert approximately 800,000 bottles from landfills over the course of producing the spring/summer 2023 collection.
Olive Tee in Utah.
Youth sizing options!
And a classic, minimally branded white tee.
Trek Evoke Mountain Bike Tech Tee
Trek goes decidedly casual with its one top for the new apparel range. The Evoke Tech Tee is a semi-fitted lightweight top made with eco-conscious and durable fabrics. Trek estimates each shirt saves the equivalent of 35 PET plastic water bottles from going to a landfill. A stretchy cotton and polyester blend adds drirelease yarn to help wick moisture, while a drop-trail hem keeps your back end covered when you’re in a riding position.
Trek offers the Evoke Mountain Bike Tech Tee in sizes from XS to XXL. Men get a choice of white, black or what Trek calls black olive. Women and youth sizing are only available in black and black olive. Adult sizes are $60.00 in Canada while the youth Evoke Tech Tee is $45.00
A Trek trio of trails shorts (and a liner)
Since shorts are a little more particular than a tee shirt, Trek is offering three different options for different types of riding.
Evoke Short
Evoke mountain bike shorts come are semi-casual trail short with a removable padded liner that Trek says works as well after a ride as on the trail. As with the top, Trek uses an eco-conscious material that it says saves 21 PET…
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