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Hi All,
Wondered if anyone had any experience of the Trek 8000 or the Fisher Big Sur? Have ridden both and, in the short ride, preferred the Trek but could do with some thoughts of those with more experience?
The brief is for a fast, short travel hardtail and I've got it down to these two..
Cheers
To be honest, if you prefer the Trek, what does it matter what someone else might think? On paper, they're both sound enough bikes with similar levels of kit. There's nothing to decide between them other than which your prefer.
When I used to work for a mountain bike holiday company, I'd always pick a Trek for myself over the Bontragers, Oranges and Kleins that we also used. They were just a nice neutral ride that allowed me to get on with what I was doing and not have to bother about the bike.
Hi there, i own a trek 8500 at the moment and have had 9.9 elits and top fuels etc before.
The 8500 is a fantastic little bike, its very light and rides light too... all the kit is top stuff, just a nice, lightweight fast hardtail that still feels mega confident. go for it!
Cheers for that, much appreciated.. the 8500 in my size is sold out and I'll be honest, the Fox fork on the Fisher interested me versus the Reba on the Trek, however I have first hand experience of the 07 Reba and its pretty good.. 8000 it is then
Fisher is owned by Trek so the build quality between the two bikes will be identical so just pick which one you prefer.
I think the Fishe hasr an "odd" for offset. If you like it then great. If you don't its a pain as it would make changing the fork harder and make selling reusing the old fork harder
Fishers (as has been mnetioned) are owned by trek so value for money will be identicle. Fishers have very long top tubes though in relation to treks so if you are long in the torse then they may be worth a go.