Mountain Biking - I no longer doubt the capabilities...

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trekkie820
04-12-04, 11:27 AM
...Of my Trek 820. I went for a ride on easter on 5 miles of 3-4 inch deep mud and 9-12 inch high roots on climbs and decents...and the 820 powered through all of it. Avg. speed was 10 mph, and I think my bike ended up with 10 pounds of mud on it after the ride. I have never been more inpressed with it's performance. Budget riders, do not be fooled by reviews of this bike, as it can handle a lot of abuse, and is very trail savvy!!

sm266
04-12-04, 11:29 AM
please tell me you were riding fireroads and not singletrack, please.
trekkie820
04-12-04, 11:32 AM
It was a pretty nasty fire road, but was still a fire road. After building a trail, and seeing the work that goes into it, I wouldn't destroy one that someone else built.

Dannihilator
04-12-04, 11:34 AM
Don't get too confident about that bike. It is not a competent bike, still uses a threaded headset if I remember. The 820 is only a fireroad bike, not a trail bike.
trekkie820
04-12-04, 11:40 AM
Well, I have used it on singletrack as well, but it wasn't that technical...it's not all-day, backcountry capable, im sure of that, but it will hold its own on anything found around here. I think that after that "fire-road", the urban assaults that I have done, and the single-track that I have ridden, it is more than capable on "normal" NE Ohio single track. And, it uses a threadless headset...
Dannihilator
04-12-04, 11:41 AM
Must have been a recent change.
MERTON
04-12-04, 11:42 AM
Well, I have used it on singletrack as well, but it wasn't that technical...it's not all-day, backcountry capable, im sure of that, but it will hold its own on anything found around here. I think that after that "fire-road", the urban assaults that I have done, and the single-track that I have ridden, it is more than capable on "normal" NE Ohio single track. And, it uses a threadless headset...

waht's a threadless headset and what's wrong with one?
Jim311
04-12-04, 11:43 AM
I'd bet I could break it!

:D
trekkie820
04-12-04, 12:13 PM
I'd bet I could break it!

:D


i KNOW i could break it, but i don't really want to...:D
Maelstrom
04-12-04, 01:26 PM
I'd bet I could break it!

:D

Your skinny ass can't break a canondale ;) :D...

I could break it :D...my ****** can bust anything.

Congrats on the bike. Glad it is holding up for ya.