My pal has a Trek, and he swears by it.
The same pal has Stephen Roche-owned old Peugeot bike in his collection, and before he got his Trek he reckoned that out of all his bikes the Peugeot was the best of all (the same man has Bianchi's, Gios, Pinarello, in his collection).
So I wouldn't right off Trek bikes!
I had a Trek 1100 or 1200 back in 1996, $600 model, fit like a glove. Good ride.
Later I bought a Cannondale CAD3, I like it very responsive but not as comfy as the Trek so I was shopping for another Trek but came out with a Lemond Tourmalet. It was a nice ride but aluminum, the frame snapped on a climb. Nice ride and fit as well as my Trek.
It was replaced with a Lemond Chambery free replacement by Trek when they still had Lemond in storage. IT WAS A GREAT RIDE!!!!! Partial carbon and part aluminum. But it also snapped on a climb at the chainstay, poor design I think having cut outs in that area.
It was replaced once again free of charge by Trek with a full carbon Trek Madone. I have to say my first Trek was a really nice fit, the Lemond Chambery a GREAT fit. The Madone is a good fit but not as nice as the others and the ride quality of the Lemond Chambery though partial aluminum was a better ride than the full carbon Madone.
I'm guessing that was more due to the geometry of the Lemond, great ride I really miss it!
So I do like the Trek fit , just that the Lemond was better.
