Price Paid:  $900.00

Model Year:
2005

Favorite Ride:
lakemary ride

Bike Setup:
custom dura-ace
zipp 404
bontrager xxx lite bars

Summary:
this bike sucked. Everything went wrong. The derailleurs always dropped my chain,the seat was extremely uncomfortable. All in all i didn't like this bike at all.

Strengths:
top of the line shimano sora components

Weaknesses:
cheap wheelset

Similar Products Used:
specialized tarmac pro 2008
alot better of a bike

Price Paid:  $0.00

Bike Setup:
The only thing I changed from the stock setup is running on Vredestein Fortezza tires and using toe clips. I favor toe clips as I like to hop off and run with the bike once in a while.

Summary:
I purchased the Trek 1200 because it has the frame and carbon fork of a more expensive road bike. The wheels sets and the derailers aren't the top of the line, but they are solid. In the real World, spending the bucks on lighter wheels with less spokes or aero spokes doesn't make as much of as your choice of tires: I ride on 700X23's at 140 psi and with this set up, I dog on bikes costing many times more. My usual ride is a 30 mile loop that I can do in 1 hour and 15 minutes flat.

Strengths:
Frame, forks, wheel sets that can take a pounding on curb cuts and stay tight and true, geometry, quality of fabrication, the components aren't top of the line but they are very reliable.

Weaknesses:
The only draw back is the Tiagra front derailer. It requires a bit of attention to maintain adjustment, but they had to cut corners somewhere to offer it at such a low price.

Similar Products Used:
I've ridden more than a few road bikes made by different manufacturers, but I'm perfectly happy on my 1200.

Price Paid:  $0.00

Model Year:
1999 or older

Summary:
I bought my Trek 1200 used, about 15 years ago. I guess it is about a 1991 model, based upon color scheme. It had enhanced by its previous owner with Phil Wood hubs and a rear 7 gear drive with a 6 gear shift assembly. After a couple of years, I got married. There it sat until 2007. I pulled it down and with a little lubrication, new rubber, a replaced front derailleur cable with associated adjustment, and some minor tweaking to the rear shifter/derailleur and voila! This bike is a joy to ride.

I switched wheels. I had some great 700x25 wheels of a no-name Centurian that beat anything else I have ever owned. The Centurian wheels put a 6 gear rear hub so that now the shifter/derailleur work in virtually perfect harmony.

My wife and I are preparing for a Quarter Tri in the spring and a Half Tri in the fall. It rides as well at ~16 years old as her new Trek does today. The bike is a smooth as silk once it got tuned up.

Assuming the newer models are at least as good as the 1990 models, a typical entrance level Tri-Athelete would find this bike totally acceptable.

Strengths:
Light, Comfortable, Efficient

Weaknesses:
1. Front Derailleur may need periodic adjustment.
2. The 1990 models used allen wrench bolts to hold the seat, which makes real time adjustments impossible without tools.

Similar Products Used:
Centurian

Price Paid:  $1300.00 at bruce bike shop

Model Year:
2007

Favorite Ride:
slightly hilly to speedy flats

Bike Setup:
trek 1200 frame,bontrager group,exept for tiagra STI's,stock rims,and 105 rear derailliur

Summary:
i had had my bike for only two weeks and find it a little difficult to adjust to the new position.especially since i am used to using heavy gears and the smaller fit and more forward seat angle(even though i pushed d seat all the way back) is simply not very comfortable for heavy gears.the front derailliur needs a little adjusting during rides but is manegeable.it is speedy and thanks to its rigidity accelerates rather quickly even though i just naturally cant accelerate quickly.

Strengths:
the frame is rigid and the straight carbon fork is a charm for a rigid ride and does not flex under my 150+ pounds(which i have found common among curved carbon forks).

Weaknesses:
the seat is very hurtful,and the position can be a drag,but in the end it saves my knees which will come in handy later in my life.

Similar Products Used:
various muli-brand bikes(centurion frames,with parts that range from almost every component manufacture accessible in belize),and alubike mauzzima.

Price Paid:  $900.00 at lbs

Model Year:
2003

Favorite Ride:
Anything with hills!

Bike Setup:
Look carbon pedals
SRAM cassette
Specialized Turbo Computer
Armidillo touring tires

Summary:
I've put about 8000 miles on this bike by completing 2 pacific-atlantic coast rides, both clocking in at about 3300 miles. I've toured with it, i've taken it on endless gravel roads, i've raced with it, taken it down hills exceeding 55mph (with 50 pounds of gear on the back).. everything you can think of, and have essentially never had a problem with it. Essentially meaning other than normal maitinence. I decided last minute to take it in a track race. I was flying past pro's with $6,000+ bikes (im only 19 and am new to racing) and was smoking everyone on this amazing machine. As deciding to race last minute, I didn't have enough time to swap my mountain bike pedals that were on it. It caught asphalt around a corner at 30mph, destroying me, but the bike is still strong. The wheels need a little truing, and i need new griptape, but the bike (having suffered a similar crash 3 years ago), is still perfect!

Strengths:
Lightweight for the price
Will last FOREVER
Low maintinence bike
Good for beginners-intermediates
All components work beautifully

Weaknesses:
As with every bike, the chain has to be replaced every 1500-2000 miles.. otherwise say goodbye to your cassette. The wheels could be lighter, but i'm not complaining. Stock tires don't last more than 700 miles or so.

Similar Products Used:
Sequoia
trek 1000