Originally Posted by jstat154

I have a 2012 DS 8.5. Just got mine back after a month of run around. The fork is gloss black which I hate my bike is matte gray which is one of the reason I purchased it. The remote lockout is not ambidextrous. So if you liked it being on the right side you now have to move it to the left or have an awkward time disengaging.

Plus being a heavier rider at 200 pounds before I could get the NRX air-shock had more adjustment. Now the travel distance is cut in half the moment I get on the new Vita spring shock. Plus the ride is different, air shock was progressive with it resistance and with the spring it's constant equal force equates to a rougher ride always.

When I go to buy a road and MTB bike, Trek will not be considered. I will be sure to tell every person I ever meet for the rest of my life how badly this was handled. How I was swindle into a lesser appointed and lower quality equipment than what I had purchased.

Really consider the risk, you have a 0.000224% chance of this breaking and an even lesser chance of being injured. I don't know what I regret more, taking my bike in for recall of buying it at all. Will probably be looking at a Giant Roam 0 or Cannondale Bad Boy commuter next time.