Oh yeah it appears you're right. My 7.3 was a 2006- which Performance still has for $1299 or what have you. I definitely recommend a long travel single crown.
Like I said though, either way you'll be good to go.
Was reading the Ibex forums and stumbled upon a bit of information that I thought you might find useful. Even though Ibex discontinued the FR-1 Zone, the bike lives on only now its called a Diamondback XTS Moto.
Maybe your original dream doesn't have to be over after all. The catch is this is marketed as a European bike. Check eBay and various online dealers.
Yeah it would have beena great deal. It was on ebay and it had no bids up to the last 10 minutes when 15 people raised the price to 2400 before it sold. I put in a max bid at 1500 but i dont think that it was worth more than that.
Ok im close to buying a bike here (finally, lol.) so its between a trek session 77 (2006) for 1300 or a iron horse 7.3 (2007) for 1700. both new. im relly liking the trek unless someone just absolutely has something awful to say about it.
Was reading the Ibex forums and stumbled upon a bit of information that I thought you might find useful. Even though Ibex discontinued the FR-1 Zone, the bike lives on only now its called a Diamondback XTS Moto.
Maybe your original dream doesn't have to be over after all. The catch is this is marketed as a European bike. Check eBay and various online dealers.
Post by kerbouchaud on Aug 1, 2008 20:21:13 GMT -5
I think you should suck it up and grab a hardtail and drop a double crown 7" fork on it and drop the seat down to the rails. Add some Avid Juicy's or Hayes Hydros to slow things down and you have the opportunity to be the biggest bad-a$$ on the slopes. Anyone can learn to take the drops on a sofa but few people have the stones (or lack of brains ) to do it on a hard tail. (if you decide to take my advice....which you shouldn't, take pics, it should be interesting)
Seriously though, if you can afford a new Trek, I'm a big fan of all thier stuff. Go for something that you can ride on the trails and the slopes. Trek has a lifetime warranty on the frames so unless you break yourself you're prety much golden.
Last Edit: Aug 1, 2008 20:23:57 GMT -5 by kerbouchaud