Trek 7100

Price Paid:  $415.00 at Bucks County bicycle

Favorite Ride:
Core creek park

Bike Setup:
Was set up when I purchased it. had to adjust the seat height that was all

Summary:
Purcahsed a Trek 7100 series as my first bike in a while. Payed a little too much after further researching prices. Rides well. I do have a problem with a clunking noise while only in gear ( 1,4) (2,4) or ( 3,4) had the bike shop look at it a few times and are unable to locate the source.

Strengths:
Smooth ride, shifts well,

Weaknesses:
clunking noise

Similar Products Used:
Diamond back hybrid

Price Paid:  $440.00 at Hub City cycle - Hag

Summary:
The bike is a bit heavier then I expected. After 20 miles, my legs were a bit tired then what I was using as a bike. I saw the bike at another place for about $35.00 less.
I was hopeing to get somewhat a small discount after buying the bike and other things for the bike, but I didn't.....
I won't buy there again but will go there to keep my one year warrenty and my 1 year free tune up.... but then again, what good would the tune up do if he did one on the bike before I took it out to use and it's still having a shifting problem

Strengths:
Nice looking bike.

Weaknesses:
The shifting between 1 and 3 were a bit sluggish on the rear derailer. The front derailer needs a bit of a fix as well. The man at the shop did a adjustment before I bought it, but it didn't resolve the problem with the shifting.

Price Paid:  $35865.00 at Marinette

Favorite Ride:
7100

Bike Setup:
The bike was already set up for us when we got them.

Summary:
All all round good bike, shifts easy, rides easy,pedals easy, comfie seat.

Strengths:
Easy shifting, easy peddelling, easy riding.

Weaknesses:
No weakness

Similar Products Used:
No similiar product used

Price Paid:  $280.00 at Cycle Sport UK

Favorite Ride:
Trek Navigator

Bike Setup:
I have intermittent problems with my back, so cycling position is important to me. I switched the standard seat to a softer and wider format, with the suspension seat post adjusted to my weight. I raised the handlebars as far as they would go and rotated them towards me to reduce how far I had to lean forward. I also swapped the rubber faced pedals for metal toothed ones to stop my feet from slipping off in the wet. All of this was done by the bike shop at no cost to me. Cycle Sport UK in Grantham take customer service seriously.

Summary:
I am a Brit, so the 280 purchase price is in pounds. I bought the bike for country roads as an alternative to my Trek Navigator, which I use off-road. I wanted something with lower rolling resistance for 20 mile runs, but that could still go across fields if required. Smooth gear changes, just a click thats all and its done. The gear ratios allow me to get up to 24mph on the flat (with no wind), and yet the megadrive still gets me up long steep hills without too much sweat! the front suspension works well without wallowing. The suspensio seatpost is a great idea and workds very well to provide additional shock protectio to the spine. The bike is metallic black and I paid extra to add silver mudguards, a chrome back carrier and two chrome bottle cages. It looks terrific and I have had many admiring comments.

Strengths:
Everything about the gears; the click-click way they change; the spread and spacing of the ratios, and especially the megadrive. This is a smooth and comfortable ride.

Weaknesses:
The front and rear derailleurs took some setting up to get them just right. The cables stretch a little during the first few rides; not much, but just enough to give niggling problems. I view this as normal, not a fault. I only mention this so that readers will persist with adjustments if they are having problems. The extra attention to detail will pay off with the really smooth gear changes that make the bike a delight to ride.

Similar Products Used:
Trek Navigator. Its not really that similar. I mention it to praise Trek. I would say that they bill it as a "comfort" bike. It looks like a mountain bike, but with a more upright stance. This is the bike that really hooked me into biking as a recreation rather than just another form of transport. The bike came with wide, semi-slick tyres (a compromise to give grip off road, but with low rolling resistance on the road). When I bought the 7100 as an additional bike, I replaced the standard Navigator tyres with a slightly narrower tyre with a more aggressive tread pattern. Down the centre of the tyre is a hard zig-zag that is in contact with the road, plus the usual knobbly tread everywhere else. To my astonishment, not only did I get the expected upgrade in off-road grip, but the rolling resistance is noticeably lower. Reluctantly, I realise that I now don't need the 7100! This is no fault of the 7100 as it is a great bike, the fault is mine

Price Paid:  $299.00 at Bath Cycle & ski sho

Favorite Ride:
trek

Bike Setup:
basoc

Summary:
This is a great bile for an older rider gettting back in the game.

Strengths:
smooth ride great gear ratios, pedals right up the steepest hills

Weaknesses:
stock seat is very "stiff" uncomfortable,New seat is at least 25.00 for a good one

Similar Products Used:
old school trek 750