Originally Posted by
Sonoma76
The only other negative? Not to be a Trek hater, but I will never buy a bike from them again. The hybrid I bought earlier this year had, in rapid succession, a failure of the chain, a broken tooth on the rear cassette, and a pedal that disintegrated under my feet. All failures nearly resulted in accidents while riding in traffic.
+1. I have a 2008 Trek Soho S purchased in June. I it ride every day. The trips are short and the bike probably only has something like 500 km on it. In the past three days both pedals have cracked while I was riding along a busy city street. There was a loud snap each time and one side of the platform literally broke in two. The pedals are these open-platform plastic wonders that seem to me to be a little larger than usual, which probably means that the platform should be stronger than usual in order to be able to withstand the greater forces. No such luck with this plastic.
Otherwise I have quite liked my Soho S. Any recommendations on platform pedals?