Hi All,
I am Close to buying a Trek 8000 2009 for general trail riding, Trail centres and X-country, anyone got any views good or more importantly bad?!! Want something light, fast but that i can still enjoy the down bits etc...
Cheers 😀
I've had one since April. I use it for general xc riding. I wouldn't get on for trail centre riding because I don't think it has enough fork travel and it's twitchy downhill.
Pros
Climbs well
Light
Decent components
Cons
Aluminium so a stiff/harsh ride
Awful stock tires (in my opinion)
Uncomfortable saddle
I would suggest an Orange P7 pro as an alternative
100mm forks not enough travel for trail centres? Chuckle 🙂
Agree about the tyres though.
I suppose it depends where you're going to ride really. Mostly I've used it on trails at Wharncliffe and at Dolby once or twice and I think there are better bikes if your going to do any serious amount of descending or ride on really rough terrain with a lot of exposed rock, drops or kickers. I've got a bigger bike with more travel too now, so I don't ride the Trek if I'm going anywhere with a lot of features or serious descending, but it's still a lot of fun and it covers ground really fast.
Really well specced. Weighs less than 25lbs.
Do it!
Cheers for the views.I've bought it!!!