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Checkpoint SL 5 AXS Gen 3
Carbon gravel bike with wireless SRAM Apex XPLR AXS, downtube storage, 42mm tyres and rack and mudguard mounts.
How it scores
Calculated from the published specifications below. See the formula.
- Comfort
- 76
- Speed
- 30
- Climbing
- 59
- Versatility
- 100
- Value
- 35
Full specification
✓ Specs checked against the manufacturer
Last checked 4 Sept 2026 against the manufacturer's own page . Caveat: Size ML geometry row; Trek's own size chart labels ML as 56cm. Claimed weight is Trek's ML figure, with tubeless sealant and no tubes. Clearance is Trek's stated 50mm without mudguards (42mm with mudguards fitted). Trek lists this build with a model year range of 2025-2027; recorded as 2027, the current model year.
- Price (RRP)
- £2,750
- Frame
- carbon
- Groupset
- SRAM Apex XPLR AXS 1x12 electronic
- Shifting
- Electronic
- Weight
- 9.5 kg (claimed, size 56/M)
- Brakes
- Disc
- Stack / reach
- 601 / 397 mm (ratio 1.51)
- Tyre clearance
- 50 mm
- Stock tyres
- 42 mm
- Lowest gear
- 40×44 (25 gear inches)
- Mudguard mounts
- Yes
- Rack mounts
- Yes
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