After the sad loss of my 4500 Disc, I was on the look out for a new bike. Went to see loads and very nearly bought something totally over the top for my needs for £1,600, but in the end plumped for this.
I love Treks, never had a bad one, took advice from lots of shops (and from Chris Boardman himself) and went for a 29er.
Even this is probably overkill for me, as my rides are nearly all 'soft roading' and riding to work and back, but having discovered the joys of local bridleways the bigger wheels and Trek's bomb proof bikes, plus a very healthy discount, saw me get this.
Done about 60 miles on it so far and it hasn't disappointed, I'm slowly gaining more bottle on the really boggy bits now and had a few falls and a comedy jumping off half into a bush and half into a massive bog. I don't know how keen I am on only having two chain rings now (I used to use the biggest one on my 4500 most of the time) but I'll just have to get used to it!
I love Treks, never had a bad one, took advice from lots of shops (and from Chris Boardman himself) and went for a 29er.
Even this is probably overkill for me, as my rides are nearly all 'soft roading' and riding to work and back, but having discovered the joys of local bridleways the bigger wheels and Trek's bomb proof bikes, plus a very healthy discount, saw me get this.
Done about 60 miles on it so far and it hasn't disappointed, I'm slowly gaining more bottle on the really boggy bits now and had a few falls and a comedy jumping off half into a bush and half into a massive bog. I don't know how keen I am on only having two chain rings now (I used to use the biggest one on my 4500 most of the time) but I'll just have to get used to it!