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Old 08-26-09 | 09:02 PM
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From: Vacaville, CA

Bikes: 2011 Trek FX 7.3 | 2015 Trek FX 7.4 | Lotus Classique

Shimano 105 rear derailer and cassette



Shimano 105 crank and wellgo pedals. the crank looks so bare compared to other cranks.



trek's carbon fork with wireless computer inserts. i am not going to be using a wireless computer tho. wired for me.





1st impression after a 5 minute ride:

- holy crap this thing is light. i feel like im riding a plastic bike

- drivetrain = on point. no shifts missed, you switch up or down and it goes without hesitation

- it's fasssssssssssssssssst. again, i was in jeans riding this and from some of the take offs, this thing really wants to go

- came with a annoying reflector on the handle bars that i removed

- the white looks sooooo much hotter in person. my girl said she likes this bike better than my old one 'this one looks clean'. the white is soooo smooth.

- only annoyance, as some have mentioned, is that the shifters are always touching your fingers. i'll post pics of what i mean. this is annoying as all hell, even from my 5 minute ride, so im def taking it back to the dealer to have the shifters placed a few cm away from the brakes... maybe an inch away or so. still enough to get to them easily while staying out of the way.

- altho i only spent a few seconds on the saddle, i am surprised it did not feel like a mideval torture device like the stocker on my trek 7.2... again, this is only based on a 5 minute ride.

- brakes a little noisy, but that's bc they're not broken in. they will be by this weekend tho :-D

again - thanks to everyone that helped me with my decision!
- s.

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