Thanks very much for typing this all in, I appreciate it.
The pricing of the OCLV frames with the rest of the package make them very attractive. Not being the
tallest of riders, I like their comments about small frames !
davidp.
On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 20:17:15 +1100, "hippy" <
[email protected]> wrote:
>"David Pascoe" <
[email protected]> wrote in message
>> I'm interested in finding out what Ride magazine had to say about a Trek
>5500
>> (Issue 17) and a Trek 2300 (Issue 14). Their reviews are normally pretty
>well
>> written.
>>
>> Does anyone have back issues they can summarise ?
>
>I have 17: Trek 5500: Assume rough quotage:
>
>- Anyone can purchase the same bike as used by US Postal
>- Geometry of the frame is fairly standard
>- The carbon fibre lends itself to a degree of comfort being light, stiff, yet compliant.
>- There are 7 sizes to choose from.
>- Colours include US Postal replica or 'Abyss' (a metallic dark blue)
>- Rivetted derailer hanger is nice touch
>- Big clearance between tyre and seat tube despite relatively short rear end.
>- Lots of Bontrager parts except Dura-Ace groupset, Cane Creek headset and Thompson seatpost.
>- Cable guides are one of its downfalls - too far down the tubing and too easy to scar the
> paintwork.
>- Impressed with the bar/stem combo
>- Wheels extremely strong without undue flexing weighing not much more than 1.5kg for the pair. 20
> spoke front, 24 rear.
>- Silent braking impressive.
>- Nice tyres. Overall, the bikes rides like a TdF bike should. Rochelle Gilmore from AIS offered:
> "the stiffness and lightness is just better than any other bike". "When I'm climbing and
> sprinting, the acceleration feels much greater than other bikes." "On a trek you don't feel as
> though you have anything underneath you". "Another thing I like is that they make them small
> enough for women and you can get a really good position on them" (hippy: just remember, the AIS
> team is sponsored by Trek!)
>- It's the balance of traditional geometry and components which complete this tidy package
>- One rider remarked that the bike looked very plain and it was difficult to tell that this was
> the tour bike. People who are not grandstanders will see this as a strength. An educated eye
> will always be able to spot quality in a bike like this. Faultless. Sarah Carrigan (AIS): "the
> bikes are better than any of us expected. You get on them and feel comfy and don't think about
> the bike again"
>
>hth hippy
>
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David Pascoe,
[email protected], Western Australia