Never missing a chance to go try new bikes or a chance to shamelessly plug my on shops brands, I went up to Palos Forest Preserve to check out the trek demo there. Coming along with me was my long time friend and car owner Seth. The claim was that we could try all manner of new and exciting bike both road and mountain. The reality was beyond my wildest expectations. After the two crummiest weeks of weather I can remember (3 if you count those soy aphids) The weather cooperated and it was warm and the trails were quite dry. We could not have asked for better weather.
Here are the bikes I tried out.
Madone 6 Serises With Dura Ace 2 (electric) unfortunately no Super Record it was awesome
Gary Fisher Chronus Pro with sram red also awesome
Trek Top Fuel 9.8 awesome
Trek Fuel Ex-9 awesome
Gary Fisher Rumblefish II perfection
Gary Fisher Superfly 100 awesome
My favorite of the bunch was surprisingly not the superfly, Gary Fishers Rumblefish II was far and away the most fun you can have on a bicycle. It was also the best bike considering the conditions for the day. The bike was very plush surprisingly efficient exceedingly forgiving, laterally stiff and vertically compliant. It has treks latest collaboration with Fox Facing Shox the DRCV rear shock which is very plush and smooth and nice grippy tires for late fall slop. The bikes 29" wheels and 120mm of suspension made it easy to ROLL OVER EVERYTHING.
By the end of the day Seth and I were tired and hungry and happy then we ate Ginos East pizza (I miss chicago pizza so much) which was so good and the perfect cap to a great demo day.
Speaking of Demo bikes Some of our new ones are in
madone 5 series with DA lite which is full dura ace at least as close as most people ever look.
top fuel 8 the fastest aluminium 26" mountain bike period.
Fuel Ex 8 trail bike ready to float over the snarliest single track.
More bikes are coming as trek can build them. We will be getting a six series Madone some Hifis and even a triathalon/time trial bike. Feel free rent them for a day especially if you are thinking about buying a new bicycle as the rental fee can be used toward the purchase of a new bike.
Heres hoping for more warm weather.
Johnny B.
At least you can get Chicago style in Champaign...all they have out here in Philly is New York style. Granted, some of it is very good, but...I mean, c'mon. I don't always want to eat pizza so lacking in body that the only way to go from plate to mouth is to fold it up like a taco. If I wanted a taco, I'd *get* a taco. Sigh...Those are some pretty sweet bikes you have coming in--what puts the "lite" in DA lite? Have fun!
ReplyDeleteDura Ace Lite is Dura Ace cranks and dérailleurs with Ultegra 6700 chain cassette brakes and shifters. saves a bunch of money on the parts that nobody actually looks at.
ReplyDeleteSoooo back to pizza.... Here in Portland we can get any kind of pizza we want. There's vegan pizza with cheese, vegan without cheese, pizza for a dollar, pizza Schmizza, classy Whole Foods pizza, pizza by bike, pizza by car, pizza by train, pizza & beer, pizza & wine, pizza with locally sourced cheese, pizza with locally milled grains, free-range pizza, gluten free pizza....
ReplyDeleteAhhh so many pizzas, so little time.
Oh, the point is: Portland is wonderful, even though it doesn't yet have it's own pizza style.
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