Anyone ridden a Trek 2100C yet? How's the suspension?
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Anyone ridden a Trek 2100C yet? How's the suspension?
Has anyone here actually ridden a Trek 2100C? How good is the rear suspension?
After a few months riding a Fuji Supreme hybrid, I've decided I want to get more serious about cycling and am looking for a road bike. For the forseeable future, I'm riding for fitness, not racing. What makes this decision harder is that I have a great road near me (2 mile ride from home), the Colonial Parkway, which is a 45mph, limited-access, 3-lane-wide road through a national park. (pictures at https://www.wabonline.org/ ) The problem, which you can see from the picture, is that the Colonial Parkway is paved with "exposed aggregate concrete." In this case, the aggregate is fairly large rocks, not the small pebbles you see a lot of the time. The surface is one of the reasons I got the hybrid with the suspension as a starter bike.
My LBS ( https://www.bikebeatonline.com/ ) let me borrow a 1000C that they had in stock to see how it felt on the parkway. Honestly, it wasn't too bad, comparable to the hybrid on all but the worst parts. The 1000C has the carbon suspension fork, but not the rear suspension the 2100C has. (If I don't go with the 2100C, I will probably go with the 1200C for the better group over the 1000C.) But they are fairly sure that the 2100C would be significantly better----significantly enough to easily justify the $600 over the 1200C.
The question I have is whether anyone here has actually gotten to ride a 2100C on a rough road and can compare it with the models without the rear suspension? My LBS got one of the first ones manufactured in (they ordered it three months ago), unfortunately it was a custom order for someone who picked it up the day it arrived. I was there, so I got to touch it, but that's not much of a tryout.
I understand that the 2100C also has a better group than the 1200C, but at my current skill level, I don't think I believe that's enough to justify the extra cash.
Thanks,
Bruce
After a few months riding a Fuji Supreme hybrid, I've decided I want to get more serious about cycling and am looking for a road bike. For the forseeable future, I'm riding for fitness, not racing. What makes this decision harder is that I have a great road near me (2 mile ride from home), the Colonial Parkway, which is a 45mph, limited-access, 3-lane-wide road through a national park. (pictures at https://www.wabonline.org/ ) The problem, which you can see from the picture, is that the Colonial Parkway is paved with "exposed aggregate concrete." In this case, the aggregate is fairly large rocks, not the small pebbles you see a lot of the time. The surface is one of the reasons I got the hybrid with the suspension as a starter bike.
My LBS ( https://www.bikebeatonline.com/ ) let me borrow a 1000C that they had in stock to see how it felt on the parkway. Honestly, it wasn't too bad, comparable to the hybrid on all but the worst parts. The 1000C has the carbon suspension fork, but not the rear suspension the 2100C has. (If I don't go with the 2100C, I will probably go with the 1200C for the better group over the 1000C.) But they are fairly sure that the 2100C would be significantly better----significantly enough to easily justify the $600 over the 1200C.
The question I have is whether anyone here has actually gotten to ride a 2100C on a rough road and can compare it with the models without the rear suspension? My LBS got one of the first ones manufactured in (they ordered it three months ago), unfortunately it was a custom order for someone who picked it up the day it arrived. I was there, so I got to touch it, but that's not much of a tryout.
I understand that the 2100C also has a better group than the 1200C, but at my current skill level, I don't think I believe that's enough to justify the extra cash.
Thanks,
Bruce
