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Submitted by
James
a Racer
from Northeast
Date Reviewed: April 1, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | CT | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Strengths: | Light, Stong, Aluminum | | Weaknesses: | Heavy Standard Shock, Aluminum! | | Similar Products Used: | Trek 960 | | Bike Setup: | Manitou Magnum, Ringle Hubs, Magura Brakes, Kooka Cranks, Look Pedals | | Bottom Line: | This bike can withstand the test of time. I raced it for about 3 years, and out ran many a screaming caddy and now, I've been using it for trials riding for about 3 years. Love this bike. The only problem I've had, is that because of the aluminum, the rear deralier ripped out once, and I almost had to replace the entire frame, however, the wonderful guys at Trek took by bike back, and fixed it at no charge. Would have been nice to have break-away mainstays...but they fixed it.
I've riden all types of other aluminum bikes, and I've found there to be a lot of shimmy-ing and frame weakening in VERY bad parts of the bike. Mostly I've found this with Cannondales...however, even w/ my trials riding, I haven't found this on my bike.
I HIGH recommend this bike, however, anyone who does get it, rip off the Rockshox Mag 5 (It's just painted silver w/ Trek labels on it) and put on a lighter fork....it makes the bike much better balanced. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
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