Info on Trek carbon hybrid
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From: beautiful Chehalis, Wa. 98532
Info on Trek carbon hybrid
I traded my buddy a cruiser for this Trek hybrid but haven't been able to come up with any info on this particular model. Any info is appreciated.
Trek UAV II 700c hybrid
bonded carbon main tubes, aluminum stays and lugs
SRAM ESP 7.0 Grip-shift 8 speed shifters and R/D
Shimano Deore LX crank and F/D
Manitou 700c fork
Answer Body Shock susp. seat post
Trek UAV II 700c hybrid
bonded carbon main tubes, aluminum stays and lugs
SRAM ESP 7.0 Grip-shift 8 speed shifters and R/D
Shimano Deore LX crank and F/D
Manitou 700c fork
Answer Body Shock susp. seat post
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From: Catching his breath alongside a road near Seattle, WA USA
Bikes: 1999 K2 OzM, 2001 Aegis Aro Svelte
These bikes were marketted around the 1998-1999 timeframe I believe. They're basically using the same framebuilding technology of the carbon/aluminum lugged Trek 2500 roadbike and older Trek 8900 MTB. It has a 1-1/8" headtube so upgrading the fork shouldn't be a problem if you think you'll want to do that since old forks can be suspect from use. You'll at least want to inspect it and make sure it's in good working order. If it were me, I'd actually just replace it with a rigid fork as I generally think that suspension on roadbikes is rather silly. I believe most people regarded the seatpost as heavy and crappy though so you might want to consider replacing that if anything. Other than that, the bike looks fine. Make sure to inspect the tubes for signs of stress, cracking and delamination.
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1999 K2 OzM
2001 Aegis Aro Svelte
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1999 K2 OzM
2001 Aegis Aro Svelte"Be liberal in what you accept, and conservative in what you send." -- Jon Postel, RFC1122
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From: beautiful Chehalis, Wa. 98532
Thanks for the reply Khuon.
This bike shows very little signs of ever having been ridden. For now, I'll keep the suspension fork, but yes the seatpost has got to go. It has an adjustment on the front to lock out side to side play but that also reduces up and down motion as well and there seems to be no happy medium. I hope its a 27.2 seat tube cause I have several posts of that size I can replace it with.
This bike shows very little signs of ever having been ridden. For now, I'll keep the suspension fork, but yes the seatpost has got to go. It has an adjustment on the front to lock out side to side play but that also reduces up and down motion as well and there seems to be no happy medium. I hope its a 27.2 seat tube cause I have several posts of that size I can replace it with.





