nice bike

"Mark Hanley" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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http://www.trekbikes.com/bikes/2004/mountain/6066e.jsp#largerview

I finally saw one for real last week and it is truly a beautiful bike. BUT

I

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can't find anything out about it. No rider comments, reviews - nothing. If
you go onto the Trek website, there's no link to the page it's on; I had

to

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find it through google.

Why is this bike not more well known? Why are Trek hiding it?

What do you lot think of the look and spec?

TBH it looks a bit of a mish-mash to me. High speed tyres with front
suspension, albeit with lock-out. Hayes discs are great but why suffer the
weight penalty on a high speed (by the look) road bike when rim brakes are
more than adequate? And a low front end which if fitted with drops would
offer more hand positions.
I'm not really sure what it's about.
Well, you did ask ;-)

Rgds,
Pete

Mark Hanley said:

Have been ogling this bike for a while:

http://www.trekbikes.com/bikes/2004/mountain/6066e.jsp#largerview

I finally saw one for real last week and it is truly a beautiful
bike. BUT I can't find anything out about it. No rider comments,
reviews - nothing. If you go onto the Trek website, there's no link
to the page it's on; I had to find it through google.

Why is this bike not more well known? Why are Trek hiding it?

What do you lot think of the look and spec?

Mark.

Wow. That's one ugly bike.

in message <[email hidden]>, Mark Hanley

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Have been ogling this bike for a while:

http://www.trekbikes.com/bikes/2004/mountain/6066e.jsp#largerview

I finally saw one for real last week and it is truly a beautiful bike.
BUT I can't find anything out about it. No rider comments, reviews -
nothing. If you go onto the Trek website, there's no link to the page
it's on; I had to find it through google.

Quality urban bike with mountain type gears; see also Cannondale Bad Boy
Ultra and 1FG. The 1FG is interesting as a manufactured-as-such single
speed (one f***ing gear). Designed for relatively short sprints rather
than long, steady rides. Target market is (I think) young-and-trendy
urbanites. Based on courier's bikes, although I'd be surprised if many
working couriers spent this sort of money on a bike. The suspension on
the Cannondales is short-travel road suspension; I suspect the Trek
will be too (although it is interesting that it has lockout).

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;; Women are from Venus. Men are from Mars. Lusers are from Uranus.

Mark Hanley said:

What do you lot think of the look and spec?

Er... the wheels look too small.

To me it looks like a bike that highlights the deficiencies of the
hybrid concept, ie with the mix-and-match components it ends up being
neither one thing nor the other.

OK, it wouldn't really be a /bad/ road bike but I'd rather spend the
same money on a proper road bike or a proper MTB.

d.

"davek" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Mark Hanley said:

What do you lot think of the look and spec?

Er... the wheels look too small.

To me it looks like a bike that highlights the deficiencies of the
hybrid concept, ie with the mix-and-match components it ends up being
neither one thing nor the other.

OK, it wouldn't really be a /bad/ road bike but I'd rather spend the
same money on a proper road bike or a proper MTB.

d.

LOL - I suppose beauty IS in the eye of the beholder! Thanks guys - I need
such constructive comments to stop me going out and blowing a not
inconsiderable amount of money on one of these things.

Mark Hanley said:

Have been ogling this bike for a while:

http://www.trekbikes.com/bikes/2004/mountain/6066e.jsp#largerview

I finally saw one for real last week and it is truly a beautiful
bike. BUT I can't find anything out about it. No rider comments,
reviews - nothing. If you go onto the Trek website, there's no link
to the page it's on; I had to find it through google.

Why is this bike not more well known? Why are Trek hiding it?

What do you lot think of the look and spec?

Mark.

I dunno much about bikes, but it looks like the result of what happens when
you let a committee design a bike. Plus it's really ugly.

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Burning_Ranger

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davek typed:

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Mark Hanley said:

What do you lot think of the look and spec?

Er... the wheels look too small.

To me it looks like a bike that highlights the deficiencies of the
hybrid concept, ie with the mix-and-match components it ends up being
neither one thing nor the other.

OK, it wouldn't really be a /bad/ road bike but I'd rather spend the
same money on a proper road bike or a proper MTB.

Or even half the money on one of each .. 😉

--
Paul ...

(8(|) ... Homer Rocks

Simon Brooke <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

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in message <[email hidden]>, Mark Hanley

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Have been ogling this bike for a while:

http://www.trekbikes.com/bikes/2004/mountain/6066e.jsp#largerview

I finally saw one for real last week and it is truly a beautiful bike.
BUT I can't find anything out about it. No rider comments, reviews -
nothing. If you go onto the Trek website, there's no link to the page
it's on; I had to find it through google.

Quality urban bike with mountain type gears; see also Cannondale Bad Boy
Ultra and 1FG. The 1FG is interesting as a manufactured-as-such single
speed (one f***ing gear). Designed for relatively short sprints rather
than long, steady rides. Target market is (I think) young-and-trendy
urbanites. Based on courier's bikes, although I'd be surprised if many
working couriers spent this sort of money on a bike. The suspension on
the Cannondales is short-travel road suspension; I suspect the Trek
will be too (although it is interesting that it has lockout).

I agree it appears to be a copy of the Bad Boy, of which I possess the
original model (slightly heavier frame, no suspension) and would not
do without. For my commute in and out of Cambridge, including short
cut through a couple of fields, it really does the business: plenty
fast enough for me on the roads and able to carry that speed onto the
bridlepaths. It has also been used for many longer rides at weekends.
And the matt black paint is nicely anonymous in the Cambridge cycle
racks....

I was told it was supposed to be a "courier culture bike" and that it
was intended for owners to buy a second set of wheels, equipped for
off-road, the idea being that you commuted to work on it in the week
on tarmac and rode on dirt at the weekends.

It is not a pretty bike, but it does what I want it to very well.

Clear skies
Sarennah