Originally Posted by
wayold
I have the older model Sirrus X 5.0 and am happy with it, but... I personally didn't find a lot of benefit in the Future Shock. Maybe it helps more on skinny tire bikes like the Roubaix which transmit more vibration from the road to your hands. On my bike with 43mm tires at 30 psi it just doesn't seem to do much except add some weight, complexity and proprietary parts to the front end. I'm also not sold on the new 'pentagons and rhombi are better than traingles" geometryof the newer model X 5.0. Kudos to Specialized for trying new ideas, but I don't feel like being a guinea pig.
That said I'm also not thrilled with the way Trek got rid of standard 100/142 thru axles and went backwards to a 100/135 QR wheel system on the current model FX's. So for both the Sirrus X 5.0 and Trek FX Sport I prefer the previous model to the current iteration.
All of my caveats probably won't affect you if you just want to take the bike out and casually ride around. Both will work fine for that. Just be aware of their foibles.
yea thanks a lot for that info. I wondered about the future shock myself. Riding on the street mostly, I didn’t know if that shock would even matter. But there are some hard packed trails out there I’d like to ride, so figured it might be nice.
but the Guinea Pig thing for sure. There’s essentially no actual review videos out there of real world buyers to discuss that new frame. Just bicycle stores selling it. Id love for some real buyers out there that put it through its paces to actually comment on it.