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reviews of the Trek 8500 of 2004?
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. -- Phil, Squid-in-Training |
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reviews of the Trek 8500 of 2004?
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? -- monique |
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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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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. -- monique |
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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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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. -- monique |
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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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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. -- monique |
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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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