Originally Posted by Trek 85 DS

I'm not shure that it is faster, but it feels faster, might be weight, might also be the weight difference and length of the forks or just my mind playing tricks on me. Looking at the bikes and taking equipment into the picture, I doubt that the FX would actually be a much faster bike if they had the same tyres. I really like my DS and it fits my needs, but I am probably going to put smaller tyres on in the next couple of months, when I have done that I will let you know if I think it feels as fast as the FX