Submitted by
dushanf
a Cross Country Rider
from Dubai, UAE Date Reviewed: May 20, 2009
Favorite Trail:
All Hatta Rock Trails
Duration Product Used:
1 Year
Price Paid:
$420.00
Purchased At:
Sun and Sand Sports
Strengths:
Overall sturdy build quality.
Front fork and handlebar assembly is excellent, improving handling.
Weaknesses:
Front disk is too large and vibrates as a result. Replacement required for defect. Also rear tyre can rub on frame on impacts. Such is because theres limited movement allowance between frame and tyre.
Similar Products Used:
N/A
Bike Setup:
STOCK
Bottom Line:
Great value.
Great for beginners and enthusiasts alike.
Gets you through any trail. Its simplicity and reliability make it, in some ways better than specialist bikes, which have more parts to malfunction.
Value Rating:Overall Rating:
Submitted by
roll@poetic.com
a Downhiller
from Marquette, mi, usa Date Reviewed: June 21, 2008
Favorite Trail:
bertha
Duration Product Used:
1 Year
Price Paid:
$500.00
Strengths:
Design
Weaknesses:
Materials
Similar Products Used:
hardtail freeride bikes
Bike Setup:
dirtjumper fork, sweet tires
Bottom Line:
loved the bike, learned to shred and kill it, then hit a double and broke the frame clean through and my right forearm
Value Rating:Overall Rating:
Submitted by
Matt Jenkins
a Weekend Warrior
from riverview,new brunswick,canada Date Reviewed: September 26, 2007
Favorite Trail:
cenntennial bike zone
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$1200.00
Purchased At:
mikes bike shop
Strengths:
frame,all bontrager parts are descent
Weaknesses:
gear shifters,fork, grips
Similar Products Used:
gary fisher mullet....is alot cheaper and probably better
Bike Setup:
bontrager shifters,fow shocks maybe new grips
Bottom Line:
it's a good strting bike but you pay to much for four letters if you know what I mean...TREK....the name is what you pay for
Value Rating:Overall Rating:
Submitted by
David
a Weekend Warrior
from Sydney Date Reviewed: September 25, 2007
Duration Product Used:
6 months
Price Paid:
$1000.00
Purchased At:
LBS
Strengths:
The frame, bontrager parts arnt bad but there are better, same with the wheels. Strength in general.
Weaknesses:
the fork! the derailluer and the triple chainrings=no bashring. Saddle weighs a tonne.
Similar Products Used:
none
Bike Setup:
stock except for funn bars and stem, dirt jumper 2 forks, chainguide and sdg saddle.
Bottom Line:
good bike once you upgrade it. I ride dh and jumps and it can handle them all. The warrenty on the frame is most likely why it costs so much for its specs.
Value Rating:Overall Rating:
Submitted by
Nathan M
a
from Manchester, UK Date Reviewed: September 12, 2007
Favorite Trail:
Delamere Forest
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$1500.00
Purchased At:
Fosters (when stock cost $500)
Strengths:
Bulky Frame, Pig Headset
Weaknesses:
Crank is rubbish, snapped the bottom bracket on my first ride! Wheels are too skinny for what the bike is made for, weak derailier, forks are too soft, weak handle bars
Similar Products Used:
Kona Stuff, Kona Shred, Specialized P2
Bike Setup:
Marzocchi Bomber Z1 Sports, Magura Louise front and back brakes, Halo Tornado front and rear wheels, made the front single chainring with a DMR Speedguide, Truvative Hussefelt Cranks, The Rest (If any is left!) Is Stock!!!
Bottom Line:
If you have $1200 (£600) to spend on a bike, get a previous year but brand new kona stuff, they are much better value for money, altogether this bike has cost me over £750 ($1500) and you could buy a brand new kona/specialized/DMR for that price!! But something must be right with it if Cam McCaul rides one!
Value Rating:Overall Rating:
Submitted by
Thomas Stephens
a Downhiller
from Oceanside, Ca USA Date Reviewed: September 6, 2007
Favorite Trail:
anything I find
Duration Product Used:
1 Year
Price Paid:
$890.00
Purchased At:
Trek superstore I think
Strengths:
Solid ride, easy to handle. Double wall rims from the start that I have yet to bend...in other words land properly there yoohoos, feels like a bigger BMX
Weaknesses:
rear derailler, can't stay seated in one gear, it hops areound the rear cassette, Alivio = poo, replaced with a Hone. Saggy front shock, no problem though, go fastrer on your drops and land on a downslope instead of flat ground...that should help out with the impact. besides, faster is more fun
Similar Products Used:
Mongoose Exile (killed it), Kona stinky (killed it), Cannondale Jekyl, killed that one too.
Bike Setup:
new derailler and hanger, nothing else.
Bottom Line:
800+ dollars, not bad. going from a top of the line DH you will notice the component difference in performance, but then again I did not spend 3 grand on the bike either. Pretty good choice for an all around attack vehicle. You can do just enough on the bike confidently enough to cause decent injury, but not so advanced in one area that it leaves other riding styles out. The only reason for the 3 peppers is replacing the parts as they go away. If you have more money and want to get serious, buy a no sh^t hardcore bike, if yuo can't afford the high dollar rich boy toy, get this one, get a feel for the components and go with it. Just remember, you will never be completely satisfied with a stock-box bike.
Value Rating:Overall Rating:
Submitted by
Zebb LaRue
a
from sudbury Date Reviewed: August 20, 2007
Favorite Trail:
esso trail/ onaping djs
Duration Product Used:
2 Years
Price Paid:
$1020.00
Purchased At:
outside store
Strengths:
everything but forks and rims are a bit poopie
Weaknesses:
rims no bash guard froks suck huge floping wale dick getting dj3s
Bike Setup:
stock
Bottom Line:
ok now the first thing to do wen you get this bike is upgrade the forks ok good. now in my other review it was a joke. i had nothing to do so i wrote a gay review but this is my good review
Value Rating:Overall Rating:
Submitted by
LJ Pip
a
from phillipsburg, NJ, USA Date Reviewed: August 20, 2007
Favorite Trail:
ride street and skate park
Duration Product Used:
1 Year
Price Paid:
$900.00
Purchased At:
genecis bikes
Strengths:
brakes are sweet! although i took the front brake off! love the frame!
Weaknesses:
derailers sucked. took them off made it single speed! i never changed gears anyways! rims could be stronger, can't seem to get my back rim true anymore!
Similar Products Used:
specailized p1
Bike Setup:
single speed, riden back disc brake only... its like a big BMX bike, with shocks too!
Bottom Line:
this bike made me a better rider! it was a good value, rides awesome. if you got the few extra bucks might as well get the jack 3!
Value Rating:Overall Rating:
Submitted by
Costan Toumazos
a
from Sydney Date Reviewed: July 15, 2007
Favorite Trail:
RED HILL
Duration Product Used:
6 months
Price Paid:
$1100.00
Purchased At:
Renegade Cycles
Strengths:
awesome frame very light for what it is cranks great and wheelset good wholel bike is really good
Weaknesses:
Crap Rear Deraileur and crappy forks
Similar Products Used:
norco kompressor really bad cause i ahte 24 inch bikes
Bike Setup:
xtr cause i broke alivio rear deraileur after a small stack sic camo bars and buying rockshox forks
Bottom Line:
great bike for any1 wanting to get into dj or street riding i love it except for the forks worth every single cent definately buy this bike
Value Rating:Overall Rating:
Submitted by
BOMBER
a
from PHILLY PA Date Reviewed: May 28, 2007
Favorite Trail:
CITY RIDE'N
Duration Product Used:
6 months
Price Paid:
$500.00
Strengths:
LIGHT FRAME, GEOMETRY IS EASY TO HANDLE, LOW STAND OVER HEIGHT, GREAT FOR JUMPING, LIFETIME FRAME WARRENTY. TIRES GREAT FOR HARDPACK, DECENT XC FORK, IT HAS A XC FORK BECAUSE IT'S A 100 MILLIMETER TRAVEL XC FORK AND CAN HANDLE 5 FOOT DROPS AND THEN SOME BUT NOT MUCH MORE. HAYES MX 2 BRAKES SAVED ME A FEW TRIPS TO EMERGENCY ROOM!!!
Weaknesses:
COULD USE SOME UPGRADES: SKEWERS ARE FLIMSY, RIMS JUST OKAY, TIRES SUCK FOR SOFT DIRT AND STREET, ALIVIO DERAILUER IS WHAT IT IS, AND IT AINT MADE FOR JUMPING, TRIPLE CHAIN RING JUST DUMB, NEEDS CHAIN TENSIONER AND BASH GAURD, HUBS KINDA FLIMSY UPGRADE FORK TO DJ FORKAS WELL AS HUBS AND SKEWERS
Similar Products Used:
KONA COWEN,AZONIC STEELHEAD AKA "POOP"
Bike Setup:
STOCK SO FAR
Bottom Line:
HEAVILY UNDER RATED, NEEDS UPGRADES COSTING AROUND WHAT THE BIKE SELLS FOR @ MSRP TO MAKE IT SAFE FOR FREERIDE, BUT THE BEST BIKE I HAVE EVER OWNED FOR DJ AND A HELL OF A LOT OF FUN. IT'S EXACTLY WHAT I EXPECTED AND THEN SOME.
Value Rating:Overall Rating:
Submitted by
Andrew
a Downhiller
from Adelaide Australia Date Reviewed: May 5, 2007
Duration Product Used:
3 months
Price Paid:
$1000.00
Purchased At:
bike shop
Strengths:
frame, warrenty on frame
Weaknesses:
dosent come with a bashguard or chainguide and bontrager is plain gay. Should at least come with raceface or truvatic crank.
Similar Products Used:
none
Bike Setup:
stock
Bottom Line:
Good bike for first time downhillers. Fork is really bad and im looking at putting a 888 on it. For what you pay youd be better of buying a norco or something.
Value Rating:Overall Rating:
Submitted by
Nate Lulek
a Weekend Warrior
from N.Clarendon, Vt, USA Date Reviewed: May 4, 2007
Favorite Trail:
Knotch Rd. Fire trails
Duration Product Used:
3 months
Price Paid:
$900.00
Purchased At:
Green Mountain Cyclery
Strengths:
None thats why I just bought a new FR frame from Sette. The bike is OK, but TREK F!@#$%*' sucks!!! I will never buy another bike from them. Give it 10 yrs and they will be selling them at KMart!
Weaknesses:
The fork blew out first ride of the season!
Similar Products Used:
Switched over from BMX
Bike Setup:
Jack frame, stock drivetrain, wheels, tires, and brakes; Sette bars, grips, and Headlock; Hussefelt stem
Bottom Line:
Trek's customer service sucks and I will never buy from them again. It is a pretty common problem with the big name bike builders so it seems! I will stick with small company bikes. They at least still make their bikes in the U.S.!
Value Rating:Overall Rating:
Submitted by
Tyson Jopson
a Racer
from South Africa Date Reviewed: May 2, 2007
Favorite Trail:
Haha, no good trails here yet
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$1000.00
Purchased At:
Cyclelab South Africa
Strengths:
Frame looks seriously beefy, no problems yet. Breaks rock, need constant adjustment though. Crank is good, woulnd't consider replacing it with an aftermarket.
Weaknesses:
Flimsy derailleur, have had to take it apart twice already after a mediocre bail. Front Forks feel like they're gonna pop, not enough manual adjustment on the compression, come on dudes, give me some stiff, feels like i'm gonna go right through the ground on a drop.
Similar Products Used:
Scott YZ-2, Crap, Crank broke, Brakes broke, Derailleur smashed, thank god it got stolen . . .
Bike Setup:
15" frame, all standard as yet, looking for new suspensions before i blow these ones up. WHy on earth doesn't it come with a Bash Ring??? Trek know who is buying their bikes and its not 4yr old's riding around garden gnomes on the front lawn . . . Come on, I've already nuked my front sprocket cos of this.
Bottom Line:
Great Bike so far, awesome balance, just sort out the little things guys.
Value Rating:Overall Rating:
Submitted by
Nate Lulek
a Weekend Warrior
from N. Clarendon, VT Date Reviewed: April 30, 2007
Favorite Trail:
Knotch Rd. Fire trails
Duration Product Used:
3 months
Price Paid:
$900.00
Purchased At:
Green Mountain Cyclery
Strengths:
The frame and all the Bontrager components.
Weaknesses:
The Manitou Slate fork. It is a pieces of S#%*!!! I took a 4ft drop and I blew the F@#$%^ apart. The first time out. If you look on the fork it says for XC use only. Why in hell Trek put it on a DJ/Freeride bike is beyond my scope of knowledge. I am upgrading to a beefier fork soon. Manitou didn't want to touch it and Trek could care less about the situation. I will never buy another Trek again.
Bike Setup:
Sette bars and grips, Hussefelt stem, Nixon Super Plus SPV Evolve fork, Bontrager crank and seat post, Shimano drivetrain
Bottom Line:
I will never buy another Trek unless for some reason they pull their heads out of their asses. Customer Service Sucks Big C!!!
Value Rating:Overall Rating:
Submitted by
Zebb LaRue
a Weekend Warrior
from Sudbury, Ontario, Canada Date Reviewed: April 28, 2007
Favorite Trail:
Snail Trail/Onaping Dirt jumps
Duration Product Used:
1 Year
Price Paid:
$1020.00
Purchased At:
Outside store
Strengths:
Eevrything on it is great. The rims stand up to everything i hit. Onece i cased a dj really bad and my back rim is staraight
This is a great bike for street, dirtjumps, cross country and even northshoere. i havent tried any dh yet but want to. I recomend this bike to anyone who likes dirt jumps. its grwat for dirt jumps
Value Rating:Overall Rating:
Submitted by
Bob
a Downhiller
from Someplace Date Reviewed: April 14, 2007
Duration Product Used:
3 months
Price Paid:
$900.00
Strengths:
Frame is really good cause if you break it you get another 1 for free, god brakes, works well for down hilling and dirt jump but if your a serious dirt jumper make it single speed.
Weaknesses:
The rear derailur is a bit flimsy but still good,bontrager tires are no good for downhilling.
Similar Products Used:
None, ridden a friends norco a line.
Bike Setup:
Stock
Bottom Line:
A really god bike for what you pay, handles big drops well. For a beginning downhiller or dirt jumper that doesn't want to spend 5 grand on a bike when you might not like downhilling, then this is the bike for you.
Value Rating:Overall Rating:
Submitted by
Nathan Lulek
a Weekend Warrior
from N.Clarendon, Vt, USA Date Reviewed: March 22, 2007
Favorite Trail:
Knotch Rd. Fire trails
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$860.00
Purchased At:
Green Mountain Cyclery
Strengths:
The frame is rugged yet fairly light considering. The brakes work very well, almost too well. The tires are incredible, Bontrager Gum-Bi compound works very well for the terrain around here.
Weaknesses:
It didn't come with the bash guard. UPS damaged the shipping carton pretty bad, so it might have fallen out.
Similar Products Used:
Mongoose Black Diamond Single & Mongoose Wing Elite
Bike Setup:
Stock, till I break something.
Bottom Line:
It is a very capable bike with good components. Rides nice! I can't complain yet, haven't really rode it that much. Too much snow on the ground right now.
Value Rating:Overall Rating:
Submitted by
Maximilian
a Downhiller
from Brasov, Romania Date Reviewed: February 13, 2007
Favorite Trail:
lotsa
Duration Product Used:
1 Year
Price Paid:
$1100.00
Purchased At:
My Bike shop BV
Strengths:
Frame, definitely! (What a sweet job Cam did!) It's bulky and though pretty light for what chunks of alu Trek used. Thank God it doesn't have a integrated headset! Cool ISCG! Nice & classy components (stem, post, cranks, grips) and good specs for the price (brakes, wheels, pedals). Not elegant, but functional brake & shifer levers.
Weaknesses:
Not so cool as Kona's marketed to wannabees looking at NWD, though... The downside is that you get less image, more product, considering that is a downside! It's shorter than expected, and the catalog doesn't let you know the Jack 3 is longer than the 2 & the 1. The stock fork pretty much sucks, but then again, what do you expect from a Manitou, particularly in this price range? The tires are treacherous; they look like "mountain" tires, but are, in fact, dirt tires. No grip on the trail, but nice and light on the trailS (dirtjumping, that is...). The saddle is a matter of taste and the handlebar is plain stupid! (Throw a Hussefelt or a Big Earl on and there you go!) Instead of Alivio & 11-34, Sora & 11-23 woulld be way better... No chainguide.
Similar Products Used:
Santa Cruz Chameleon (stolen, sniff!),Nicolai BMXTB, Haro DSR, most Konas (the Cowan is okay...), first GT Ruckus, Mongoose NX 7.7 (light & sweet), Mongoose Fireball, Specialized P3, Author A-Gang AM & PM, RAM URBN, RAM 4X, all our "local" Polar-X's, all crappy UMF Meridas (burn 'em!), etc.
Bike Setup:
15" Jack 2, Fox TALAS RL, King NoThreadSet, Earl stem, Big Earl handlebar, seatpost & seat, ISIS 175 mm Hussefelt, ISCG Boxguide (for the moment...), Wellgo sealed-bearing pedals, '95 shortcage XTR with Ultegra 11-23 cogset, SRAM PC69 chain & SRAM X.9 trigger shifter, Hayes MX2 (unbelieveable performance at ridiculous price!) with Avid FR5 levers (same as Hayes), white powdercoated Mavic D521 with red Hope XC Titanium hubs and Sapim Leader 2.0 spokes, various tires (common set-up: 2.4 Holy Roller / 2.4 Earl for street/dirt & 2.35 singleply Larsen TT / 2.35 singleply High Roller for the woods)
Bottom Line:
Trek did a hell of good job; so good that I couldn't initially believe it! (Trek isn't a "cool" "freeride" company, now is it?) I believe these bikes deserve much more attention from the public, I'm actually feeling sorry for Trek because of this... They lack image. They changed NOTHING for 2007 either, which is pretty weird. Maybe they still have a big stock of them from '06, or I don't know... Anyhow, I am getting a brandnew Jack 3 frame and I can't wait for it to arrive! (Oh, I'm also sure the Gary Fisher dirt hardtails must be pretty good, but boy are they ugly!) Anyhow, go buy PRODUCT, not IMAGE and quit watching Disorder; it messes with your brain and it ain't even that good... Ride more dirt, less internet! Peace out!
P.S.: Only stupid people break frames... Ssshhh!
Value Rating:Overall Rating:
Submitted by
TANNER
a Weekend Warrior
from GALLATIN TN AMERICA Date Reviewed: February 4, 2007
Favorite Trail:
LOCK FOUR
Duration Product Used:
3 months
Price Paid:
$880.00
Purchased At:
BIKERS CHOICE
Strengths:
FRAME CRANKS PEDALS WHEELS BRAKES GRIPS SEAT POST SEAT HANDAL BARS ALL THAT STUFF
Weaknesses:
BEARINGS IN THE FRONT WHEEL
Similar Products Used:
DGFHJWGMJ
Bike Setup:
IDEHFUIHWEFUIOH
Bottom Line:
JKLSDHCHGWSHCGJKAWDGCAGWUDGHVJKSGDCGHUIWGDFHYCGKDGHCKWGDHVJGSDHVGHKWGHW GOOD
Value Rating:Overall Rating:
Submitted by
Gavin
a Downhiller
from dublin Date Reviewed: January 17, 2007
Favorite Trail:
boneshaker
Duration Product Used:
6 months
Price Paid:
$900.00
Purchased At:
Hollingsworth cycles
Strengths:
Good strong frame
Weaknesses:
Rear derrailer a bit flimsy
Similar Products Used:
Carrera banshee
Bike Setup:
Marrazochi all mountain 3s totally changed the bike
Bottom Line:
Good bike for an allrounder
Value Rating:Overall Rating:
Submitted by
tanner annoyomous
a
from gallatin tn america Date Reviewed: December 28, 2006
$ 880.00
Overall Rating:
Overall Rating:
Overall Rating:
Overall Rating:
