Trek Bicycles

One of my Unilocal friends saw the earlier review and passed it along to a Trek Corporate employee, on my behalf. Within a day, someone from Trek had reached out to me to inquire about the situation and to gather more information about the issues with my Trek Farley Fat Bike.
He did a great job of taking my information, offering some thoughts, and calming me down. And while the issue was ultimately resolved via a refund for the new bottom bracket, I didn’t receive any follow-​up from Trek Corporate. I realize I’m just a lowly dude from Madison, but I am still curious as to what the exact position is with respect to the bottom bracket and maintenance.
I suspect I’ll get some info from the store about bottom bracket care, but I am worried about the longevity and durability of the bike, given the seemingly fragile nature of a key component.
I also noticed there is a hole machined in the bottom of the bottom bracket enclosure (from the factory). This seems quite odd — it invites the presence of water and contaminants, no?

I received two tires as a Mother’s Day gift. Unbeknownst to my daughter, I had just replaced my tires. Because the tires were ordered onine, any return or exchange would have to go through my daughter’s credit card. I didn’t want her to know, though, that I was returning the tires.
In steps June K., the most helpful person you’ll ever meet when doing any online purchase. She manually entered all information when they received the tires that I sent back. Then, I picked out a new pannier, which cost a bit more than the tires, and June called me to get my credit card info, to complete the transaction.
June K., you are my new favorite person.

Trek Bikes, I give you 5 stars. You have produced so many bikes in your company’s life span, and I have had 5 or 6 great ones. My favorite of course, the ’08 Remedy 9. Sweet full suspension goodness, and wayyyy lighter than my ’05 Liquid I had.
I love your carbon roadbikes as well. Keep up producing perfection, and bring the production back to the USA while your at it!

My Trek 1200. I have had it since moving here in fall 2004. This bike was my main vehicle for over a year. When i bought the road bike, I needed one that was rugged. It was about to be put through alot of distance, rain and crashes. I got the 1200 modle that was the 2003 model. The frame is lightweight aluminum. The front forks are carbonfiber to lessent the road shock. I upgraded the stock pedals, brake pads and got kevlar lined tires.
This bike with some maintenance has lasted. Well built. Only minor easy to fix damage once. It took me on the many back roads on the pennisula including a nice trip from Great America park to SFO. It was m steed until that fateful driver error grea breaks day. Well it was a spectacular crash and only i broke. I look forward to getting it out more now for fun

The hill climbs up, up in front of me, I gasp for air, My body needs more oxygen than my lungs can provide. As I become anaerobic, the energy I need to turn my pedals comes from glucose through a process called glycolysis, in which glucose is broken down or metabolized into a substance called pyruvate. When oxygen is limited, like now, the body temporarily converts pyruvate into a substance called lactate, which allows glucose breakdown – and thus energy production – to continue. It also has the side effect of increasing the acidity of the cells in my quads. Feel the burn. Knowing why my legs are on fire does not help… But up I go.
Big guys, like me, aren’t climbers. Too much weight to carry, if you look at the pros they all have skinny upper bodies, me I played too many years of football to ever be able to climb effectively.
That is why I bought a hardtail mountain bike, I need all the help I can get. Over the years I have owned Marins, Schwinns and two Treks. The Treks just fit me better than the other bikes. My Trek 8000 is pretty nice, the Rok Shock can be put into a stiff mode for those long climbs were I need every bit of help I can get. The bike is not especially light but then the best way for me to shave weight would be to lose my love handles.

I love my WSD8000 Mountain Bike.
Not only does she help me perform, but she is simply gorgeous.

Trek makes the best bicycles in the world. They also have a beautiful factory. The tour I took this morning was informative and interesting. Our guide really knew his stuff and it was clear that he was an avid cyclist himself.

There’s a reason that Trek has the reputation it does– they make amazing bikes. The frames have a lifetime warranty. They have revolutionized the bicycle industry many a time with their gift for innovation, from developing lighter wait aluminum alloy, and more recently carbon fiber, frames and components, to the Y frame dual– suspension mountain bikes. They built one of Lance Armstrong’s bikes for the 2005 Tour De France in 5 weeks, when he demanded a lighter weight, more efficient bike with short notice. Looking to get a bike that will last you a long time, will get you around fast, will be durable on trails or on the road, and you’ll love enough that you’ll WANT to ride it whenever possible– consider buying a Trek!