Ryan gun Posted December 15, 2013 Report Share Posted December 15, 2013 Thinking about getting one of the above as a xmas gift for my self have any of you had any experiance with the trek full sus bikes Atb ryan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halfbee Posted December 16, 2013 Report Share Posted December 16, 2013 Good choice, they ride really well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinchesterDave Posted December 16, 2013 Report Share Posted December 16, 2013 Got a trek 4500 d hardtail, so not full suspension but so far so good, I think trek is good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgguinness Posted December 16, 2013 Report Share Posted December 16, 2013 I have always had Specialized, but always fancied a Trek 8000-8500, cracking hard tail bike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secretagentmole Posted December 17, 2013 Report Share Posted December 17, 2013 I thought you were on about a movie! Live long and prosper! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaxiDriver Posted December 17, 2013 Report Share Posted December 17, 2013 What CC is it ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_r Posted December 17, 2013 Report Share Posted December 17, 2013 Specialized is worth considering, if they still offer a 5 year warranty. I had a habit of stacking and cracking frames. Specialized replaced them no questions asked, and quickly as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
activeviii Posted December 17, 2013 Report Share Posted December 17, 2013 I use to race the 8000. i have had a few bikes in my time, smashed most of them but the 8000 frame never let me down, snapped a few chains, peddles and a lot of rims but the frame stayed strong. only reason i got rid of it was it got nicked. i was ready to give up about then anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davyo Posted December 17, 2013 Report Share Posted December 17, 2013 (edited) Trek make great bikes,however if you go full suspension make sure it has adjustable dampers.It should have on a quality brand like Trek.It is benificial to be able to adjust it to suit the terrain.Nothing worse than a bike with permanent soft suspension as all your energy gets absorbed into the frame and not onto the road. Edited December 17, 2013 by Davyo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiffy Posted December 17, 2013 Report Share Posted December 17, 2013 many moons ago i bought one of the first full sus bikes out a gary fisher joshua x0 which was then owned by trek.. an amazing bike (for the time) but when i moved on a few years later i bought a trek vrx400 an outstanding bike but it had so many issues.. i went through so many parts that shouldnt have gone including two sets of forks it even went back to trek to be rebuilt i swore after that, that i would never own a trek again but looking at the stuff their coming out with now i take it all back they have some cracking bikes and build quality seems to have come on leaps and bounds when you say X5 do you mean the EX5? if so i cant speak of it really as ive not riden a 29er but it does have some ok components on it, group sets ok.. lots of own brand parts but i like a lot of the bontrager stuff... dont like the brakes though, i couldnt get on with shimano discs at all got rid of mine pretty quick for some avids, after many years using hayes discs i fell in love with avids a few years back. nice that the suspension can be locked though, wish i had that at times plenty of other good bikes around, i unfortunatly for health reasons havent riden for a bit over two years now and sold my white cycles carbon hard tail as it was hanging up in the workshop loosing money day by day so sold it when i got my sgc and guess where the money went i bought it after having my previous hard tail knicked from my work and stopped riding a week or two after buying it... when i sold it it was 18 months old and i'd done less than 5 miles on it.. still got my marin wolfridge though.. ugly as hell but a real machine i can throw it down anything and itll glide over it smoothly... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delburt0 Posted December 17, 2013 Report Share Posted December 17, 2013 Trek is a excellent make as the others mentioned, but I'm a cube fan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halfbee Posted December 17, 2013 Report Share Posted December 17, 2013 Specialized is worth considering, if they still offer a 5 year warrantyI know Trek give a lifetime warranty on all their bikes apart from downhill race bikes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan gun Posted December 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2013 Ive swayed over to a specialized fsr now hahaha its seems to suit my needs better as ive got a scott but have literally destroyed it lol Thanks for the info Atb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullet boy Posted December 20, 2013 Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 Trek are excellent bikes.Im an Orange fan myself and have two Orange bikes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan gun Posted December 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 Just read your post bullet boy and thats what I placed a deposit on tday haha £1800 orange 5 star with new wheels worth 600 so a bargain lol picking it up tmo Atb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan73 Posted December 20, 2013 Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 Got a Trek Cobia 29er - hardtail - which I've gone back to after many years of full sus. It coped really well with HONC and a C2C last year. Got to say though my favourite bike at the moment is my 29er rigid singlespeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullet boy Posted December 21, 2013 Report Share Posted December 21, 2013 Just read your post bullet boy and thats what I placed a deposit on tday haha £1800 orange 5 star with new wheels worth 600 so a bargain lol picking it up tmo Atb Well done Ryan. You won't go wrong with Orange mate.Superb bikes and I have a Orange Five Pro and it's stunning. Enjoy and safe riding mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_r Posted December 21, 2013 Report Share Posted December 21, 2013 I was doing the Megavalanche a few years back, and on one of the practice days stopped to help a rider who had crashed. The head tube on his Orange had snapped clean off the rest of the frame! I'm sure their welding has improved since then. Whatever you get, if you're downhilling, you're going to break things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan gun Posted December 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2013 Its an orange five pro with mavic rims and custom orange sprayed swingarm, fox float suspension and tubeless tires its an ace bit off kit Atb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr-Sheen Posted December 22, 2013 Report Share Posted December 22, 2013 Seems like there are a few trail lovers on here, has anyone ever had a PW meet up? Somewhere like Cannock? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullet boy Posted December 23, 2013 Report Share Posted December 23, 2013 Its an orange five pro with mavic rims and custom orange sprayed swingarm, fox float suspension and tubeless tires its an ace bit off kit Atb Send us some pics bud I'd love to see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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