Originally Posted by Breitling
i just got a fisher piranha about a month ago and i love it. I'd go for the piranha or the 6000 over the 4500. and i'd go for the piranha over the 6000. i was trying to make the same decision a month ago.
Yeah. Get one because he did.
Look, the Trek 6000 is easily the best bang for the buck in the Trek mountain bike line right now, this also covers Gary Fisher, since Trek owns them. In fact I would go as far to say that the Trek 6000 is the best bike you can get for under $700.
Why? Because i own one? No. Because when i was shopping a few months ago, i learned that it is such a great deal. You get the same frame that Trek has on their $1100 bike. THis is a big deal to me because i bought for the frame. I ride a lot and will wear stuff out and replace as I upgrade.
The SLR frame is a very good frame and much better than the SL frames from trek. I have two Trek 4300's (sl frame) as well so I have a pretty good reference when comparing them.