Trek 1000

Price Paid:  $800.00 at Christy Sports

Model Year:
2007

Favorite Ride:
Trek 1500

Bike Setup:
Retrofit with Schwalbe Marathon Plus thorn-resistant tires. Fantastic durability. No flats after 1,000 miles on hazardous paths and roads.

Summary:
Trek 1500 improved my 16 mile mountain commute time by 30% over a hybrid bike.

Strengths:
Smooth transitions in gears. Light weight for cost.

Weaknesses:
Five flat tubes in 500 miles on original Bontrager Race Lite tires.

Similar Products Used:
Giant hybrid

Price Paid:  $500.00 at biketreks ambleside

Model Year:
2000

Favorite Ride:
trek 1000

Bike Setup:
this bike is standard set up

Summary:
i've used my trek 1000 commuting to work,leisure,races since i done various
long rides and found comfy and very rider friendly also been used in all weathers i've in excess approx 3500-4000 miles a year since owned. the bike as recently been in for a service at biketreks and they where inpressed with the condition its just a new bottom bracket new gears wheel bearings
hope to get a lot more miles out of it yet

Strengths:
the gears,brakes,riding position
frame and paint are faultless even with all the winter use (all weathers)

Weaknesses:
wheels broke a lot of spokes with in a couple of months but treks rebuilt both wheel with stronger spokes and near had a problum since

Similar Products Used:
trek 730 hybrid

Price Paid:  $800.00 at Bellittle Bicycles

Model Year:
2007

Favorite Ride:
Trek 1000

Bike Setup:
Bontrager handlebars with post, and the
Bontrager seat post. Alex. wheels and Shimano derailleurs. Flight Deck brake shifters.

Summary:
A joy to ride. I like the ultra light aluminum frame, with the carbon fork and posts. Until I'm ready to send the extra money for all carbon this is the ride for me.

Strengths:
Balance and the excellent components that makeup this bike.

Weaknesses:
For city rides you need to include a pair of in line brakes.

Similar Products Used:
I loved my Panasonic Sport LX and I still use it. My Trek has it beat all around.

Price Paid:  $800.00 at ABS

Model Year:
2002

Favorite Ride:
Century

Bike Setup:
read discription

Summary:
This bike is fantastic for the price paid. As Trek's entry level bike it is not the best thing money can buy, but it is far from the worse. I ride it almost every day to my job 10 miles away, ride it back another 10, and occasionally will do a long ride (100+ miles). I recently did one up to Cleveland from Pittsburgh. It does get a lot of flats although, riding through Pittsburgh's bad roads kill me.

Strengths:
Cheap, stiff, great components, light

Weaknesses:
FLAT TIRES!!!!!!!!!!!

Similar Products Used:
none

Price Paid:  $0.00 at qbike.com

Model Year:
2006

Bike Setup:
Read in the description.

Summary:
This bike rides like a dream. Only paid $400.00. Came with all the latest componentry. Shimano Tiple shifting and brakes. Shifts very smooth. Extremely light, Bontrager carbon forks and seatpost. Ultra light aluminum frame. Eats the hills up. I am primarilly a runner but this bike fits the bill. The wheels are true. Just bought profile aero bars for tri.s. Very pleased.

Strengths:
Economical. Shifts smooth. Little levers are great and convienent for me. I am minus the four fingers on right hand. Have apposing thumb.

Weaknesses:
Haven't found any.