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Description:
- External rebound
- Carbon fiber seatstays
- Shimano M-571 LX rear derailleur
- Shimano M520 ATB clipless pedals
- Bontrager Select Disc Specific wheelsystem
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Submitted by
Chris Prior
a Weekend Warrior
from Portsmouth UK
Date Reviewed: February 22, 2008 | | Favoriate Trail: | South Downs, QE Park, and Cwncarn | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$1600.00 | | Purchased At: | paulscycles.co.uk | | Strengths: | Weight, Handling, Geometry, Price | | Weaknesses: | Chain Suck, Cheap parts fitted which needed changing after first ride: Cables and Housings, Bottom Bracket, and Headset. | | Similar Products Used: | Giant NRS XTC, Specialized Enduro | | Bike Setup: | Standard Frame, Forks & Brakes, Mavic xc717 disc on XT Hubs, RaceFace Evolve C'set and BB, Titec Carbon Hellraiser bars and RIP Stem, Thomson post, SLR XP Gelfow saddle. | | Bottom Line: | I bought this at 50% off UK price so was pretty pleased with the initial package, the handling was spot on. The first ride was at Afan and i got some pretty bad chain suck. I fitted 2 chuncky cable ties with the loop block in the stay/ chainring gap and I've had no problems since. The cables had rusted into their housings by the next time i rode the bike (2 weeks) so i swapped these out for some teflon ones and the problem has gone totally, penny pinching by Trek i think. Similar issue with the BB, this had seized after a long wet ride and i had not touched the bike for a week. Changed this out for a RaceFace unit and all is well. All other changes i have made are purely for pimp factor but they have sped the bike up somewhat. I ride is perfect for me, ride south wales and the south downs and it's great for technical descents with rooty steps and tricky singletrack sections with rapid changes of direction. with the upgrades I've fitted i see this as a perfect UK do it all bike. The Cables, headset, and BB changes are essential if you actually use your bike! And it's lighter than my mate's Cannondale Rush Carbon! | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
James Handy
a Cross Country Rider
from Durango, CO, USA
Date Reviewed: December 5, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Engineer | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$1300.00 | | Purchased At: | Trek USA | | Strengths: | This goat can climb! I still have not had the so warned chain suck. Then again I do not shift gears in the middle of a climb. | | Weaknesses: | Rattly chain. I like silence of my tires rolling and the shocks doing their job on the jumps. Color is not my favorite. | | Similar Products Used: | Kona, Iron Horse | | Bike Setup: | Stock with a softer gel seat | | Bottom Line: | The bike does the job I want it to do. Run the trails fast, take on some air with nice landings, climb hills without hesitation, lite enough to throw in and out of the truck without breaking a nut.
Get this bike, make some adjustments, and ride baby ride !! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
randy oneal
a Weekend Warrior
from osage beach, missouri
Date Reviewed: October 27, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | honeyrun | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$1400.00 | | Purchased At: | local dealer | | Strengths: | it takes a lot of abuse. | | Weaknesses: | I have replaced about everything I can on this bike except the frame itself. I would not recommend this bike to anyone. | | Similar Products Used: | Trek Fuel | | Bike Setup: | Like I said I replaced everything on it except the frame and that was all to fix problems with everything that came with it. | | Bottom Line: | The bike sucks and so does the chain a lot. I tried the spacer fix but then the front deraler never worked. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Terry Swenson
a Weekend Warrior
from Ketchum, ID, USA
Date Reviewed: August 27, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Baker Lake | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$1200.00 | | Purchased At: | Trek USA | | Strengths: | Speed, balance, weight | | Weaknesses: | like a few others said, the color and original seat | | Similar Products Used: | Kona, GS Fat Possum | | Bike Setup: | Stock setup with new seat | | Bottom Line: | I can climb anything, land perfect jumps, keep up with hardtails when it comes to trail speed.
This bike is made for trails, bumps, and rough terrain. It is not for 5 ft drops or steep downhills. Know your bike models and do some research before you go out and buy a bike expecting it to be good for any terrain.
Cake 3 DLX is excellent and you will enjoy it.
Chain suck has not happened to me yet. Then again I keep the chain clean and try not to shift in the middle of climbs. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Stephen Gellman
a Racer
from Wrentham, MA, USA
Date Reviewed: July 28, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Any technical singletrack | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$1400.00 | | Purchased At: | Franklin Bike | | Strengths: | Tall bottom bracket, stiff linkage, fairly light, plenty of travel, climbs well. | | Weaknesses: | Stock cranks were horrible, lots of chain suck, headset keeps coming loose, not a bike for downhill, raer derailer cable housing gets stuck in the rear sus linkage | | Similar Products Used: | I own a 96 Manitou FS custom, an 02 Fisher sugar full xtr, an 06 Kona Kikapu and an 07 Trek Session7 and the Cake3 | | Bike Setup: | Started stock, on my 3rd crankset now with the xt hollowtech2, upgraded to the sram 991 chain and xt cassete which has helped the weight and the chainsuck, broke the stock seat in a wreck now have a specialized. | | Bottom Line: | I ride alot, between 25 to 30 hours a week. I'm real hard on all of my bikes. I'm 5'10" 175#. This is my favorite for the rocky technical stuff around southeastern mass. The rear suspension took awhile to get dialed in perfectly, but now it is stellar. It doesn't bob or biopace at all unlike my kona, the sugar or the session. It excels at being ridden fast and taking abuse. My sugar is set up as my xc race bike this season, but after the cake goes on a diet this winter it will be my race bike next year. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Russell
a Weekend Warrior
from Rockville, MD, USA
Date Reviewed: July 9, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Bottom Line: | This is an update to my previous review regarding warranty support. After another call with the factory and the right person seeing my warranty history (bike was down for 4 months last year waiting on parts and my warranty ticket this year had been open over 3 months), they decided to send me a HiFi to replace my Cake rather than have me continue to wait for a new frame. That certainly goes a long way towards earning me back as a future customer. I have only logged one ride on the HiFi but first impressions are very positive. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Russell
a Weekend Warrior
from Rockville, MD, USA
Date Reviewed: June 27, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Watershed | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$1700.00 | | Purchased At: | Revolution | | Strengths: | Even at my size (6'2" 230) the 5" of suspension handles just about anything I can throw at it. It climbs well for a FS. | | Weaknesses: | Factory Support for warranty issues has been inexcusable!
Chain suck is real - keeping the drive train clean and properly lubed helps reduce the problem but it can be a major annoyance.
I found the handling of the factory setup to be a little twitchy. I replaced the factory stem with one that has a few degrees more rise and added some carbon bars with a slight rise that solved the problem.
| | Similar Products Used: | Specialized Enduro | | Bottom Line: | The bike is a good ride - the suspension soaks up rugged terrain while still providing a stable platform for mashing, it has responsive handling, and it climbs well. Unfortunately, my version suffered from a poorly designed rear pivot that has been plagued with problems.
My beef is not with the flawed design(which they have since fixed) but with the way that Fisher/Trek has (or has not) addressed the problem. Last year it took 4 months and multiple calls to the factory to get new bushings for the pivot(the bike was sidelined for the entire summer). That ended up only being a temporary fix and now they are replacing the entire frame (I do give them credit for standing behind their product). It has been 3 months since the warranty claim went in and when I spoke with the factory today I was told "a couple more weeks" - a response that I have heard more than once.
Based on my experience with trying to get replacement parts from the factory I will not ever buy another Trek/Fisher product and can not recommend there products to anyone else. It doesn't matter how great the bike is if it can't be ridden.
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Submitted by
Justin
a Cross Country Rider
from Saint Albans, Vermont USA
Date Reviewed: April 30, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Catamount Trail's Williston Vermont | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$999.00 | | Purchased At: | Ski Rack | | Strengths: | Good overall. Rear shock is nice and does not dampen your peddeling uphill. | | Weaknesses: | Front shock has no lock out. Larger drops the bike shifts/jumps gears. Rear carbon fiber swinger arms chip easily. | | Similar Products Used: | Trek Fuel ex 7 | | Bike Setup: | Factory | | Bottom Line: | Great Bike...Probably would not buy the bike due to the rear carbon fiber swinger arm. Looks nice at first but i become worried about it after hard use. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Vicente Sanz
a Cross Country Rider
from San Diego, CA, USA
Date Reviewed: March 7, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Mission Trials | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$1199.00 | | Purchased At: | Trek Store San Diego | | Strengths: | Light, Great rear suspension. Great Geometry Frame. Great for cornering really fast. Very strong brakes and components. | | Weaknesses: | Fron shock does not have the lock option. That is my only complaint. | | Similar Products Used: | Trek Fuel EX 6. And my old trek 6000. | | Bike Setup: | Stock | | Bottom Line: | This is an awesome bike. You can not find anything better in its price range. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Jeff Di Franco
a Weekend Warrior
from Lawndale, CA, USA
Date Reviewed: January 24, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Sullivan Canyon, Westridge, PV | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$998.00 | | Purchased At: | e-bay | | Strengths: | This bike is very agile and has great balance, I love the Genesis Geometry! The frame is very light weight and the bike climbs like a maniac. | | Weaknesses: | If I could change one thing (and maybe I will), I’d like a lock-out on the fork. Otherwise this thing rocks! :) | | Similar Products Used: | I don’t think similar is the right word, but my old bike was a ’96 Gary Fisher Mamba. | | Bike Setup: | Fox Float-R forks, Manitou Swinger 3-way/SPV, SRAM-X9 rear derailleur/shifters, Hayes Nine hydro-disk brakes. | | Bottom Line: | I’m just over the moon about this bike. It took me a while to warm-up to the idea of a full-suspension bike…what can I say, I loved my hard-tail. I found this bike used (it’s an ’05) on e-bay and it has a few upgrades. It climbs very well, in and out of the saddle...I think Fisher’s onto something with the Genesis Geometry. On the downhill I feel VERY confident, the cornering at speed was excellent! This bike is very sure-footed. It takes hits well too, I’m getting about 5” of travel on my Manitou Swinger 3-way/SPV. My bike weighs in at about 30 lbs, so it’s relatively light. I would definitely recommend this bike to anyone in the market for a solid XC, full suspension bike. Ride a few and pick the one that feels best. I rode the Trek Fuel, Cannondale Rush, Santa Cruz Superlite, and the Specialized FSR. They were all great bikes, but in my opinion the Cake 3 DLX is hard to beat! :) | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jon
a Cross Country Rider
from Mahopac, NY - USA
Date Reviewed: November 29, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | Surreal - Illinois | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$1600.00 | | Purchased At: | Village Bikes, Carmel NY | | Strengths: | Lightweight, 5" Travel, Solid Components, Great Brakes (although a bit noisy), Rear shock is awesome (super plush and infinitely adjustable), Climbs as well as my hardtail, Descends very nicely. | | Weaknesses: | Fork lacks adjustability, tires not the best, somewhat noisy rear brake(hopefully can be tweaked). | | Similar Products Used: | Spooky Darkside Hardtail, Older Pro-Flex 756 | | Bike Setup: | Stock, except for heavy spring swap up front (I weigh 230, and fork was bottoming out on some stuff where it shouldn't) | | Bottom Line: | Great Bike. I searched for a new bike for about 6 months before settling on the GF. Compared to others in this price range, it seemed to offer more. I road all of the bikes I was considering and the Cake felt more nimble, more solid, and outclimbed the others. I have had no problems at all, after 4 months of riding 2-3X a week w/ the chainsuck issue that was mentioned in previous reviews. Granted, there are a few things that are not perfect (see above), but be realistic, every bike has its weeknesses. If you are looking for a solid performer, great climber, smooth on the descents, all at a reasonable price - Then come get a slice! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Retrobeast
a Weekend Warrior
from San Diego, CA. USA
Date Reviewed: September 27, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | Any that give me air | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$1300.00 | | Purchased At: | Trek Super Store San Diego | | Strengths: | weight, balance, higher crank height from ground to clear rocks and stumps, strong rims that have taken 2-3 foot jumps with no out of trueing results. Climbs like a goat on steroids! | | Weaknesses: | color, lack of adjustments on front suspension. | | Similar Products Used: | khs alite 3000, trek tass | | Bike Setup: | stock other than slight degree raise on handle bars with new stem from dealer | | Bottom Line: | The bottom line is the people complaining about this bike must be beating the tar out of it. After 600 miles I have had no chain suck, my stock bon tires grab just fine in hardpack, loose dirt, or mud. Only slip is on sand which is pretty normal depending on speed or cornering. The key is to sit in the seat when going up hill to keep weight on the tire or else it will slip on most terrain.
Shifting is strong, hydrolic brakes are strong, seat is fine too. Those complaining about seat need to wear the right gear and quit whining.
Suspension does the job but you must make sure you have your rear shock adjusted properly. Front suspension will probably be my first upgrade with the lack of adjustability of the stock one.
The question is, why just red for the color? Who makes color choices on bikes?
If you are looking for a solid full suspension bike for under $1500 then Cake 3 DLX is for you. Buy from a quality bike shop and you will be taken care in the long run.
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Submitted by
kevin burroughs
a Cross Country Rider
from Gainesville, GA USA
Date Reviewed: September 21, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | Tsali | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$1400.00 | | Purchased At: | Biketownusa | | Strengths: | This is my second GF bike. I love the Genisis geometry. I love the 5" travel. This is my first full suspension bike. the rear shock is great. It's very stable. | | Weaknesses: | The seat sucks! I'm not real happy about the front fork. I can't tell any difference in the fork when I make the adjustments, plus it bottoms out on small drop offs. | | Bike Setup: | stock | | Bottom Line: | I do love the bike. I find myself taking the rough sections much faster than I did with the hardtail. This bike is fun to ride. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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