Hi,
I'm looking for a AM bike, I will only have this bike so it must be a do-it-all bike. I also plan on keeping it for a while since I will be to college next year and funds will be limited.
I currently narrowed down my choices to two bikes : Devinci Remix SL 3, wich is a 5" horst-link bike with needle bearings hand-made in Quebec. The bike is simply goergeous and seems to come with a good component set. Only things I might see like problems is the brakes : avid juicy 3, and the wheels, Alex TD17 on M475 hubs. Are these rims though and durable ? Are the brakes like the juicy 5, or do they lack a bit ?
I am also looking at the all-new Trek Fuel EX8, with a 4.8" full floater active braking rear suspention. The bike seems to be quite balanced too, I could not see one in person nor try it because no one in Quebec got any right now. Looking at a 2-3 week wait before delivery. The reviews seem quite good. The components seem a bit higher quality (juicy 5 brakes, maybe better rims (bontrager race??) but I have heard many have had problems with the Fox Float 130RL up front leaking oil. I am also quite wary on buying a first-year product, some persons have already had problems with the rear rocker (look on the trek forums)
So I need help to decide which bike to get. Please keep the discussions around those two bikes, since there are not a lot of good lbs where I live.
I'm looking for a AM bike, I will only have this bike so it must be a do-it-all bike. I also plan on keeping it for a while since I will be to college next year and funds will be limited.
I currently narrowed down my choices to two bikes : Devinci Remix SL 3, wich is a 5" horst-link bike with needle bearings hand-made in Quebec. The bike is simply goergeous and seems to come with a good component set. Only things I might see like problems is the brakes : avid juicy 3, and the wheels, Alex TD17 on M475 hubs. Are these rims though and durable ? Are the brakes like the juicy 5, or do they lack a bit ?
I am also looking at the all-new Trek Fuel EX8, with a 4.8" full floater active braking rear suspention. The bike seems to be quite balanced too, I could not see one in person nor try it because no one in Quebec got any right now. Looking at a 2-3 week wait before delivery. The reviews seem quite good. The components seem a bit higher quality (juicy 5 brakes, maybe better rims (bontrager race??) but I have heard many have had problems with the Fox Float 130RL up front leaking oil. I am also quite wary on buying a first-year product, some persons have already had problems with the rear rocker (look on the trek forums)
So I need help to decide which bike to get. Please keep the discussions around those two bikes, since there are not a lot of good lbs where I live.