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  #21  
Old February 8th 04, 01:26 AM
ZeeExSixAre
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I didn't know Treks had a reputation for breakage. Any stats on this? Has
it gotten worse in recent years? Which models are breaking, and where?


I was replying with the mindset that every X-brand has its buyers that just
don't ride that much, not just Trek.

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Old March 6th 04, 05:03 PM
Pete Jones
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On 5 Feb 2004 22:31:08 -0800, (JD) wrote:

Treks break when ridden regularly as a mountain bike. You see, trek,
like many other cookie cutter bike companies bank on their bikes not
being used much after initial purchase. Joe Consumer sees a mtn dew
commercial, goes out and buys a bike from them. Joe proceeds to ride
the bike and finds out it's real work and therefore is a drag. Bike
ends up being a car chamois drying rack in Joe's garage, on eBay, or
on a paved bike path two Saturdays a year when the weather is perfect.
The loss factor on those bikes that are actually used and are broken
is a given to them, especially since the high volume of chamois dryers
sold pays for the few that have to be warrantied.


A South African lass I know is currently cycling through Chile; she'd
asked me what bike to get for the trip; I warned her off Trek after my
own experiences and suggested a Marin (Bear Valley, I think it was).
In my last email I asked how the bike was holding up to what seems to
be some tough cycling. Got a reply today: no problems, but.....

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Steve the US guy I cycled with had major problems and funny he worked
in a bike shop too.....he bought a trek 5000 (mmm i remembered what
you said about treks) Anyway from day 1 the stupid thin wheels and
tyries have given him huge problems constantly, putting him in a foul
mood, at least 1 -2 problems per day...no spares -only ****ty chile
crap. Anyway he is now limping along somewhere i Chile and has had to
get on a bus to Santiago to get stuff. Rims have given up , funny and
he was giving me a run down on what i should get before we set off and
even offered to get me a Trek 5000 !!
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Old March 6th 04, 05:32 PM
Monique Y. Herman
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On 2004-03-06, Pete Jones penned:

A South African lass I know is currently cycling through Chile; she'd
asked me what bike to get for the trip; I warned her off Trek after my
own experiences and suggested a Marin (Bear Valley, I think it was).
In my last email I asked how the bike was holding up to what seems to
be some tough cycling. Got a reply today: no problems, but.....

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Steve the US guy I cycled with had major problems and funny he worked
in a bike shop too.....he bought a trek 5000 (mmm i remembered what
you said about treks) Anyway from day 1 the stupid thin wheels and
tyries have given him huge problems constantly, putting him in a foul
mood, at least 1 -2 problems per day...no spares -only ****ty chile
crap. Anyway he is now limping along somewhere i Chile and has had to
get on a bus to Santiago to get stuff. Rims have given up , funny and
he was giving me a run down on what i should get before we set off and
even offered to get me a Trek 5000 !!
-------------------------------------------------------------------------


I just checked the Trek site, and apparently the 5000 is listed under
their "high performance road bikes." I guess I wouldn't be surprised
that a high performance road bike would have extremely thin wheels and
tires; nor would I necessarily use the quality of a company's road bikes
to judge their mountain bikes. ... Er, this is a mountain biking forum,
right?

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Old March 6th 04, 06:30 PM
Pete Jones
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On Sat, 6 Mar 2004 09:32:59 -0700, "Monique Y. Herman"
blathered:

A South African lass I know is currently cycling through Chile; she'd
asked me what bike to get for the trip; I warned her off Trek after my
own experiences and suggested a Marin (Bear Valley, I think it was).
In my last email I asked how the bike was holding up to what seems to
be some tough cycling. Got a reply today: no problems, but.....

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Steve the US guy I cycled with had major problems and funny he worked
in a bike shop too.....he bought a trek 5000 (mmm i remembered what
you said about treks) Anyway from day 1 the stupid thin wheels and
tyries have given him huge problems constantly, putting him in a foul
mood, at least 1 -2 problems per day...no spares -only ****ty chile
crap. Anyway he is now limping along somewhere i Chile and has had to
get on a bus to Santiago to get stuff. Rims have given up , funny and
he was giving me a run down on what i should get before we set off and
even offered to get me a Trek 5000 !!
-------------------------------------------------------------------------


I just checked the Trek site, and apparently the 5000 is listed under
their "high performance road bikes."


Is that right? Why on earth would someone take one a tour of a country
with notoriously bad roads? Pfft, Yank Trek owners, eh?


Pete
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Old March 7th 04, 03:45 AM
Monique Y. Herman
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On 2004-03-06, Pete Jones penned:
On Sat, 6 Mar 2004 09:32:59 -0700, "Monique Y. Herman"
blathered:

A South African lass I know is currently cycling through Chile;
she'd asked me what bike to get for the trip; I warned her off Trek
after my own experiences and suggested a Marin (Bear Valley, I
think it was). In my last email I asked how the bike was holding up
to what seems to be some tough cycling. Got a reply today: no
problems, but.....

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Steve the US guy I cycled with had major problems and funny he
worked in a bike shop too.....he bought a trek 5000 (mmm i
remembered what you said about treks) Anyway from day 1 the stupid
thin wheels and tyries have given him huge problems constantly,
putting him in a foul mood, at least 1 -2 problems per day...no
spares -only ****ty chile crap. Anyway he is now limping along
somewhere i Chile and has had to get on a bus to Santiago to get
stuff. Rims have given up , funny and he was giving me a run down on
what i should get before we set off and even offered to get me a
Trek 5000 !!
-------------------------------------------------------------------------


I just checked the Trek site, and apparently the 5000 is listed under
their "high performance road bikes."


Is that right? Why on earth would someone take one a tour of a country
with notoriously bad roads? Pfft, Yank Trek owners, eh?


Perhaps I missed the place where roads were mentioned in the above post.
Could you please point it out to me? In a mountain biking forum, I
don't think it's out of line to assume that a post describing a bike
tour would be about offroad adventures.

In any case, your unannounced snippage of my post certainly served to
act as a misquote, so I'll reiterate:

1) I'm not at all sure that one should consider the quality of a given
brand's road bike performance to be indicative of its mountain bike
performance, or vice versa.

2) I don't find it surprising that a road bike advertised as a
"performance" bike would have thin wheels and tires.

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Old March 7th 04, 07:33 PM
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"Monique Y. Herman" wrote in message .. .
In a mountain biking forum, I
don't think it's out of line to assume that a post describing a bike
tour would be about offroad adventures.


This, coming from one of the most insipid off-topic posters in am-b.
Hypocrisy, it's what's for Sunday Brunch.

JD
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Old March 8th 04, 01:15 AM
Monique Y. Herman
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On 2004-03-07, JD penned:
"Monique Y. Herman" wrote in message
.. .
In a mountain biking forum, I don't think it's out of line to assume
that a post describing a bike tour would be about offroad adventures.


This, coming from one of the most insipid off-topic posters in am-b.
Hypocrisy, it's what's for Sunday Brunch.

JD


As usual, you miss the point.

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monique
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Old March 10th 04, 08:17 AM
Pete Jones
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On Sun, 7 Mar 2004 17:15:23 -0700, "Monique Y. Herman"
blathered:

Steve the US guy I cycled with had major problems and funny he worked
in a bike shop too.....he bought a trek 5000


I just checked the Trek site, and apparently the 5000 is listed under
their "high performance road bikes."


In a mountain biking forum, I don't think it's out of line to assume
that a post describing a bike tour would be about offroad adventures.


This, coming from one of the most insipid off-topic posters in am-b.
Hypocrisy, it's what's for Sunday Brunch.


Looks like a bit of an offroad adventure to me:
http://www.btinternet.com/~peteajones/temp/chile.jpg

What can one make of the judgement of someone who'd take a road bike
on a trip like that? But then, he IS a Trek owner....






Stab in the dark here, but....you don't ride a Trek, do you, Monique?

Pete
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Old March 10th 04, 03:52 PM
Monique Y. Herman
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On 2004-03-10, Pete Jones penned:

Stab in the dark here, but....you don't ride a Trek, do you, Monique?


I really didn't want to get into this! I just thought it odd to mention
a road bike in what seemed, to me, to be a mountain biking discussion.
And even more odd to complain about lightweight components in a
"performance" road bike. I thought that was the standard tradeoff-- you
trade durability for lack of weight. And I still haven't seen anyone
argue that point.

To answer your question, I do, and I haven't had problems yet, though
I've only had it since last summer. If I do have problems, I'm sure
it'll come up here. In the meantime, I'm perfectly aware that I'm far
too new to the scene to give anyone advice on specific brands.

I understand that some people have had bad experiences with Treks, and I
understand that almost everyone weighs personal experience
(statistically significant or not) highest when judging anything. My
own personal experience, and those of the people I've actually ridden
with and spoken with in person, has been positive.

Of course, Trek isn't the only brand to be badmouthed around here. If I
were to reject every brand that someone on this ng disliked, I wouldn't
ride at all! Everyone has a story to tell, and that's a good thing, but
it's important to draw your own conclusions.

Anyway, I followed the rules when choosing a bike -- rode several to
find one that fit right. The Trek felt right; the others didn't. End
of story.

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Old March 10th 04, 10:56 PM
JD
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"Monique Y. Herman" wrote in message .. .
On 2004-03-07, JD penned:
"Monique Y. Herman" wrote in message
.. .
In a mountain biking forum, I don't think it's out of line to assume
that a post describing a bike tour would be about offroad adventures.


This, coming from one of the most insipid off-topic posters in am-b.
Hypocrisy, it's what's for Sunday Brunch.

JD


As usual, you miss the point.


Having no point is hardly an unsurmountable task from you.

JD
 




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